Don't let fear decide your future.

In the midst of an ordinary training day, I try to remind myself that I am preparing for the extraordinary.

All runners are tough. Everyone has to have a little fire in them, that even in tough times, can’t be turned off.

Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.

It is very rewarding to feel and see progress. I am going to put my head down and keep plugging away. I believe the best is yet to come.

No excuses. Just do the work.

Don't be afraid to dream of achieving the impossible.

I will go through a lot of pain to beat someone. If there's pride and ego on the line, if I'm desperate, then I'm willing to go to a place where it hurts a lot more.

I dont wish it were easier. I just wish I was better

I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.

I do yoga every morning, then I run for half an hour and take a sauna.

The only way you can be universal is to be sure you are very specifically local.

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. - T-SHIRT

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose.

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

Suppose by chance you do get picked up. What have you done? You shot a horse; that isn't first degree murder; in fact, it isn't even murder; in fact, I don't know what it is.

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.