I was actually going to law school in 1972.

To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can then begin to reach your potential.

Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.

Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?

Be willing to move forward and find out what happens next.

All that falls is not bad.

If this were an indie movie, we'd start talking about the constellations, " Solomon said, looking up at the stars.

These memories are part of my heritage, the fabric of my personality, and as real to me as the land itself.

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening

My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.

Power. Intoxicating. Like a fine wine.

It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.

People want real. And there are a lot of women out there doing that.

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