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

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.

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.

I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.

A smile is on everyone's lips.

Richard didn't even have time to ask if I thought I'd ever amount to anything in this life before I looked him eye to eye and said, "I already have, mister.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.

This is America. You're allowed to have your views.

Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it.

This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.

Madame Lily Devalier always asked "Where are you?" in a way that insinuated that there were only two places on earth one could be: New Orleans and somewhere ridiculous.

Genuinely ubiquitous computing spreads like warm Vaseline.