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

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.

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.

Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

I walk the darkness with a smile.

Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars.

I like to think illegal downloads only do real damage to the endless amounts of careless pop music though.

There were hundreds of them spread across the floor, each telling its own tale of triumph or sadness, each letter representing a phase in her life. She had kept them all.

I think it's so incredibly special to be able to try to recapitulate that feeling I had when I was sitting in that theater, as a 7-year-old. It's an extraordinary job. I'm incredibly lucky.

To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.

I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.