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

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.

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.

Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.

Every misfortune is a blessing in disguise.

There's enchantment in a smile, did you know?Shall I prove in a wink that it is so?Watch my mouth grin wide and see, How quick your lips smile back at me!

I'm training at everything. Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, striking. Everything. I think to be in the UFC, you have to be well rounded at everything. That's the goal.

The closer I move To death, one man through his sundered hulks, The louder the sun blooms And the tusked, ramshackling sea exults.

Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.

The unread is always better than the unreadable.

Writing has been a way of explaining to myself the things I do not understand.

You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.