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

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.

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.

Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

We are boxed in by the boundary conditions of our thinking

I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.

I need to shop because generally, I really do style myself. It's easier to wear clothes that are true to who you are. But if it's a headache, I'll ask for help.

However good a communicator a director is, unless they've been actors, it's just not the same as the shorthand you get with someone who's been an actor.

Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.

I don't care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.

Being president looks like the worst job in the world.

It seems to me that we become more dear one to the other, in together admiring works of art, which speak to the soul by their true grandeur.