We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.

Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day.

Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.

Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.

There's no such thing as a bad carbohydrate.

A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says, "Stop sinning, " it says, "Behold your God.

If, in the Judaic perception, the language of the Adamic was that of love, the grammars of fallen man are those of the legal code.

Eva, " she said exasperated. "You should've established a personal style by now-and it shouldn't be sweats!"Monica, Eva Tramell's mother, in "Reflected in You

Do you know how does it feel failing every day? No, You get used to it.

Never tickle a sleeping dragon.

It is not by driving away our brother that we can be alone with God.

My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.

How delicate her feet who shuns the ground, Stepping a-tiptoe on the heads of men.

And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.

It was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors.