It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

Hills. We love them. We hate them. They make us strong. They make us weak. Today I chose to embrace hills.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.

The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.

I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.

Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.

People who write about politics, whether on the left or the right, have a consistent bias: they take politics seriously.

Evil things are easy things: for they are natural to our fallen nature. Right things are rare flowers that need cultivation.

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet.

The ANC is very concerned (about shedding votes), hence they are pinning their hopes that those rogue elements will run the elections, so rigging will be on the high. There is no doubt about that

I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away.

The perfect square lacks corners.

There can be no nonviolence offered by the militarily strong.

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.

Till the sun of knowledge shines on the ignorant masses and till all the men start hating violence, the world shall find no peace!