The joy is in the journey, not the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else.

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

We run to undo the damage we've done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.

Being inspired is fine for a week, and being motivated might work for a month or so, but to make any lifestyle change last a lifetime, you need dedication.

I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not.

Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow.

I didn't train all that time just to come here and get it over with as fast as I can

Running is not just exercise; it is a lifestyle.

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination.

I'm not saying running could solve all of the world's problems, but I think it would be a good start.

You already have everything you need to be a long-distance athlete. It's mindset, not miles, that separates those who do from those who dream.

Don't just become a monument of information, rather a solace of knowledge refuge.

You should not expect your dreams to become a reality if you do not do something about it.

I don't really enjoy filming.

I definitely find the technical aspects of post-production generally quite overwhelming.

I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him.

No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.

To think you can creates the force that can.

Women really are not supposed to be imaginative. That creativity of this kind is supposed to belong to men. You know, because women make babies. I find the double standards shocking.

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

when you're so happy that you have to close your eyes when you smile so that your eyes don't jump out of your head