The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.

Running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.

Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.

Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!

I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.

There’s not a better feeling than when you have found that moment of balance and harmony when both running and life come together. Then you know why you run and that you couldn’t live without it.

Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going.

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

There will always be something to strive for. My hope is for the heart to strive forever.

Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run.

I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. It was like a much-needed antidote to my life in the city, which I was fast becoming allergic to.

people are not good to each other. perhaps if they were our deaths would not be so sad.

Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.

Row on [whatever happens]. [Lat., Vogue la galere.]

If you've been frugal during your life and tried to save, you're penalised by the tax system. You pay tax on your wages, your savings and even your private pension.

Discouragement seizes us only when we can no longer count on chance.

It's as if someone vacuumed up the horizon while we were looking the other way.

Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

Leaders are the custodians of a nation's ideals, of the beliefs it cherishes, of its permanent hopes, of the faith which makes a nation out of a mere aggregation of individuals.

I'm probably the worst person in the world to give advice to puppeteers. My whole attitude towards puppets from the beginning was not one of love, but it was like anti-puppetry.