The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die

Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.

I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface.

I hadn't a clue who I was racing against. All I knew was how I was going to race.

The world won't be loyal and burden itself to those who are having one skill and talent any longer. Make yourself useful and indispensable...

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors and also to love our enemies probably because they are generally the same people.

I don't write genre stuff in any form. I'm not interested in it. I always try to do the opposite of that.

Every runner is an experiment of one.

Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

I don't oppose hunting in any way, shape or form. If that's what you enjoy doing, you are free to do it.

Men gladly believe what they wish. -Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt

The next message you need is always right where you are.

A good nail does not fear being hammered.

I found myself pinned to the hallway wall by six feet, two inches of hard, hot male.