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

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

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.

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.

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.

I guess I'd rather have a truthful neighbor who says he hates me than a lyin' one who claims he loves me.

Each time I came crashing down into the ocean porpoiselike, water hit my face like the slap of a jilted lover.

People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.

Politics is about ethics and morality, openly or not openly.

It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse.

No other discipline has its portals so wide open to the general public as history.

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work.

I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts