Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.

I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.

Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.

Running is not who I am; it's something I do; it's something I love.

By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up

Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.

I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.

Keep Attitude With High Altitude

Never compare your insides to someone else's outsides.

Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.

Every beginning is difficult, but it gets easier from there on

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character.

999 ... I can explain it in a minute

I wish I were better at straightforward description. I feel like I'm usually overdoing it or underdoing it, and it takes a lot of tweaking to get the details right.

We will never get anywhere with our finances till we pass a law saying...every time we appropriate something, we...pass another bill...stating where the money is coming from.

As true as steel, as plantage to the moon, As sun to day, at turtle to her mate, As iron to adamant, as earth to centre.