The Pre highlighted things I needed to tweak. I'm glad I ran there and found the things I needed to tweak and didn't find those things out here.

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.

Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.

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.

If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics, " Ford said, "then something is the matter with politics.

that's the thing with secrets. They're leaky

Having plans sounds like a good idea - until you have to put on clothes and leave your house.

Maybe if the right person floats into your life, you have to jump in with both feet and try to make it work before the tide turns.

It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, consciousness, or awareness. They don't. It's hard to build something that's incompletely defined.

I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is greif and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will.

Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.

It's very hard to find someone who's successful and dislikes what they do.

I hate the human race. Of course, therefore, I hate myself the most, because I am the least of the human race.

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.