I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast.

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.

The essence of adversity is to show us the real brave people who can withstand it.

Conquer no man but thyself.

We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost.

God's gifts are many; His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself.

I love the rain. It's my favorite weather.

I crave a cone of silence every once in while.

The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation.

How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident.