When you talk about world record times, you have to understand that everything must be perfect the weather, the course, the temperature. It is not always enough to be in good shape.

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.

I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.

Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives.

The grown-ups, or maybe I should say the parents, ate in the dining room.

Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.

The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe

You do know the answers to most of your problems. Somewhere deep inside, you know.

Correct. President Wallis was the president before the Chinese assault and continued leading the United States throughout the war

When I meditate in the morning, it really changes my day and my relationship with my day.

AIM in essence is a movement rather than just an organization. It is a manifestation of the desperation of our people.

We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads.

In the context of eternity, time doesn't matter.