You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.

Common sense speaks clearly...if you listen

If one is not careful, even our darkest demons become our closest friends.

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.

When snow accumulates week after week, month after month, it works curious miracles.

I'm not choosing, but I'm running out of fight.

Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.

The only thing that matters in life is your own opinion about yourself, nobody can destroy your dignity then, because it is not dependent on anybody's opinion.

Being in Hollywood is like being in the Christian right these days.