Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

Some ghosts or felt presences may simply be the essence of another living person projected outward while sleeping.

I thought I would keep it on the ground until I became familiar with it, but on account of the wind, I unexpectedly took to the air, and the first thing I knew, I was flying.

The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being.

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz.

It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools.

I have switched on this modern laptop machine. And I have told myself that I must resist the temptation to start playing solitaire upon it.

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.

What counts is putting the intensity that you yourself have experienced into the picture. Otherwise it is just a document.

A more conscious life is one in which a man is conscious not only of what he sees, but of the prejudices with which he sees it.