I race kind of sparingly.

It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.

The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner

I have my own unique road that has had many exciting ups and heart-breaking downs, but one thing I know is that my journey is not over and the best is yet to come.

I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence. Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.

Suffering is an extraordinary teacher.

Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.

I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen

I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner.

I want to run every race with a big heart.

More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.

Babies are the buds of life ready to bloom like a fresh flower to refresh humanity.

We feel secure with things we can see or touch.

Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.

If you are a good parent, please continue to be a good one. But if you are bad parent, today is a great new beginning for you to start a great new chapter of parenthood.

We are renters and borrowers and, in the end, only thieves.

What do artists do? Artists give people something they didn't know they were missing: a dance, a piece of music, a painting, a piece of sculpture. Catering to that need is the best business strategy.

The purpose of sound is silence.

There is enough to go around. Lack of the will to share is the problem, not lack of the stuff to share.

I've managed stations.

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.