In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that.

When you run in the morning, you gain time. It's like stretching 24 hours into 25. You may need less sleep and get up earlier, but if you can get by that, running early seems to expand the day.

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.

You feel good while you're running and you feel even better when you're finished.

Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

Training is like putting money in a bank. You deposit money, and then you can take it out.

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism

New York doesn't buy stars, New York creates them.

A butterfly has landed on a patch of milk parsley. Wings held vertically so it’s not going anywhere - for the time being. Once he would have leant across and seized it. Now he’ll let it fly.

Being focused in life is not only knowing what you want, but also how and why.

No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.

It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

Phil Robson is a disturbingly good jazz guitar player!

I have no more idea now of who I am than I did before. But at least I know that. And I'm starting to figure out who I want to be.

Through the practice of meditation, when the mind is quieted and the emotions are calmed, the Soul shines forth in all of its glory.

I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.

Everybody who made it through adolescence is a hero.

I cannot keep quiet even when I am a lone voice.