The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression in athletics.

Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer.

Run hard, be strong, think big!

Vincit qui patitur: he conquers, who endures.

To be great, one does not have to be mad, but definitely it helps.

Runners don't run with their legs, they run ON their legs. In reality, they run with their Arms!

Thus I urge you to go onto your greatness if you believe it is in you. Think deeply and separate what you wish from what you are prepared to do.

Endurance? You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run.

Pain is the purifier. Love pain. Embrace pain.

Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where, the what.

If it hurts, make it hurt more.

Buy when most people, including experts, are pessimistic, and sell when they are actively optimistic.

But while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science.

In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I'm broke as hell and one day I won't be. You Can Achieve Anything!

I hate to try to be that person in my own skin, in my own way, in my own head, not through exercises or anything else, just by, I guess, belief, concentration.

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird

You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road.

Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

You don't buy a Harley with your mind, you buy it with your heart and your balls.

Ah, the old questions, the old answers, there's nothing like them!

Meet the most important living person! That person is you.