We can't expect to effectively move forward with half the population carrying sandbags.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.

I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.

Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.

Running is not who I am; it's something I do; it's something I love.

Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.

By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up

Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.

Time is wasted on the young and experience is wasted on the old.

Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives.

An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

The amount of God's love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.

Listen to your customers but don't (always) believe what they say-they know even less about the future than you.

You always have to be ahead of the audience so that they have to always catch up and know the movie's not quite going exactly where you think it's going, or expecting it to be going.

I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.