I’d rather lose a 3:58 mile than win one in 4:10.

The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.

Almost every part of the mile is tactically important: you can never let down, never stop thinking, and you can be beaten at almost any point. I suppose you could say it is like life.

If any running event, you are absolutely alone. Nobody can help you.

I'm a troglodyte. I think that's the word for it. Like an old school weird person who throws bricks at their computers.

Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time.

The soul of man was made to walk the skies.

People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.

Mankind, I hazard, wherever found, Civilized or Savage, cannot keep to any purpose for much length of time, except the purpose of destroying himself.

I know I'm prejudiced and I know I'm bigoted in a lot of different ways.

I'm nothing if not redundant! I also repeat myself.

Running should be saved for the times when you're being chased.

Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.

I've got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.