In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally.

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.

There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.

Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.

I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family.

I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant.

Sustained motivation is essential to achieving your potential.

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

My basic philosophy can be summed up by an expression we use in Norwegian: hurry slowly. Get there, but be patient.

Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.

Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the many ways people move forward.

Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.

There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music.

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

The total efforts of the last 20 years of climate policy has likely reduced global emissions by less than 1 percent, or about 250 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.

A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.

If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!

With the exception of Obama's belated lame-duck behavior, the US has always, in practice, supported Israel unquestionably.

Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever.