The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner

It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.

I have my own unique road that has had many exciting ups and heart-breaking downs, but one thing I know is that my journey is not over and the best is yet to come.

I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence. Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.

Suffering is an extraordinary teacher.

Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.

I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen

I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner.

I want to run every race with a big heart.

More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.

It takes faith and the courage to risk failure in order to realize one's destiny. Having had my share of failures throughout my career I know that it is well worth the risk.

No matter how hard you try, after the Day there will always be a Night...

I have high hopes for the book and have already made a down payment on a Ferrari. Well, it’s actually a small metal model of a Ferrari, kind of like a Dinky Toy, but a little bit bigger.

I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that.

Let God's promises shine on your problems.

Climaxing a movement for calendar reform which had been developing for at least a century, in 1582 Pope Gregory ordained that October 4 was to be followed by October 15.

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.

If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning?

If New Vegas foretells something about America's future, then the culture wars are all but over, and culture lost.

Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood