I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

Men, today we die a little.

Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter." -Jim Elliot

That's a very real feeling - that I don't have a story to tell. I'm not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story.

Reporters tend to launch on what seems to be the clearest, most stark aspects of someone's life in terms of an interview.

All my good movies, nobody sees.

There is nothing more musical than a sunset.

If you're not compulsively a monomaniac, you'll never make a film. It's like taking the same chewing gum, every morning, and saying, "Okay, it has a lot of taste," and continuing to chew it.

America is not like a blanket- one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt- many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread.

The best you can hope for is a great collaborator.

If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way.

All models are wrong; some models are useful.