I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and be the inspiration to lead people to do things they never hoped to do.

Channel your energy. Focus.

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

Persistence separates those who want it more.

The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.

I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.

I’ve been thinking,” he said. “Which is not an easy thing for a teacher to admit to.

Great performers in all fields seem immune to what outsiders think about them. Their sense of themselves never depends on the feedback-positive or negative-they get from the environment.

That's the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.

Disbelief is catching. It rubs off on people.

The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.

I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand fast without running.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.