I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

Hills. We love them. We hate them. They make us strong. They make us weak. Today I chose to embrace hills.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.

The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.

Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.

Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.

Sorry, Sister. You're not “normal.” You're exceptional. You're a Bombshell. If this was easy, everyone would be a successful business owner.

Solomon's Laws 1. When the law doesn't work...work the law.

Any advice for how to be a successful author?""Yes. Don't be a woman. And be dead. And do both at the same time, if you can.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Pros like myself played football not for money or glory, but for the simplest reason: the love of the game.

Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.

The future of the Republican Party, all the different folks looking to lead the Republican Party at the national level in the future, recognize we should do immigration reform.

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don't worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death

Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.