I would instill in my team an attitude of role modeling. We run to teach other people the value of physical activity. In all things, be humble and appreciative; hurt no one; help anyone you can.

Kids are afraid that if they race too fast they will get tired. Way too much fear and way too little COURAGE.

My key to victory was that I always went out way too fast. Too fast erases every other race strategy out there. Everyone is hanging on for dear life or they give up.

Set a new standard. Change reality. Break ground to something new and different. That achievement will live forever just because you WERE somebody special!

Everyone dies whether one is good in their lifetime or evil in their lifetime. So virtue has no payback. Life is meaningless. When you die, you die!

COURAGE is not a quality you teach. Courage is the by-product of self-discipline. It is an ATTITUDE.

The FEAR of becoming dehydrated causes dehydration. As with so many things in our life, it is because we KNOW it is a problem that it is a problem.

If you KNOW dehydration is a problem in long runs it becomes a problem in long runs.

I never did cross training or lifted weights or put anything between myself and my passion for running.

I should be doing that too. I should be out there running and racing. I should be taking care of my body.

Set a master goal for your running and for your life...

When the tables are turned, whoever was full becomes hungry.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

We have to do our jobs better, more tirelessly and stop whining about it.

It is now easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.

Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music.

You need a temple to feel good spiritually? Go to a beautiful garden!

It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.

I've done some good work and some not-good work.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki