One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.

Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.

Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.

That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life it.

Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.

Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.

There are a million reasons why you can't. Focus on the few reasons why you can.

The journey isn't always perfect, but always worth taking.

After we put my son to bed, my husband and I curl up and watch a movie or TV. That's when I finally put up my feet and have my glass of wine and a brownie.

Once you make the decision that you will not fail, the heart and the body will follow.

Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

Whatever end found us, it would not find us separated. -- Bella Cullen

All the stars in the sky cannot worth as much as yours only because it belongs to you.

I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

I'm comfortable with time. Time will change.

The greatest tool at our command is the very thing that is photography. Light. Light is our paintbrush and it is a most willing tool in the hands of the one who studies it with a sufficient care.

I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.

If you get rid of a lot of the poseurs by destroying record companies, maybe it's a good trade-off.

... people get confidential at midnight.

For me, everything definitely comes from music.

Whyte's work remains a living and usable handbook for improving our cities, our countryside, and our lives.