Life is for participating, not for spectating.

All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage.

When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.

I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!

Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that

There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout

I always say that talent and capability is everywhere, all it needs is opportunity.

I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's. Looking back, I obviously had a great sense of vision. And I was right.

I am a gardener of thoughts, and my garden only grows flowers of love.

A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.

Pretty much every day consists of me trying to save the world.

The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share with others through my personal experiences.

My voice is an instrument.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

Food has always been my friend. When I wanted to feel better or had a crisis in my life, I opened the icebox.

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.