Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.

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.

We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.

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.

Rogerson, " I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?""In the open sea, " he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints.

Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because they're happy it's over?

...If there's one thing I'm well versed in it's my own good qualities.

The wilderness is a place that every believer has to experience to be molded for their divine purpose.

To me, flowers are happiness.

Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.

Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best; and he answered as I would have done when he said, "Somebody else's".

He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.

Every head of state and government in the world is allowed to have his opinion and to voice it.