While none of us can know for sure that running will add years to our life, there’s no doubt it will add life to our years.

Runners don’t quit. We fade; we “hit the wall”; we’re sometimes reduced to a walk. But we keep on.

And, finally, I run because there’s no better way to see the sun rise and set.

In the longest run of all, your life, you’re going to be a winner.

I like to say, and I truly believe, that every run brings new experiences. You just don’t know what they might be until you actually do the run. That’s one of my major reasons for pushing out the front door as often as I do-the adventure of it all.

Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.

I’ve never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.

Once upon a time, about 20 years ago, runners believed they didn’t have to do anything but run.

I run because I enjoy it – not always, but most of the time. I run because I have always run – not trained, but run. What do I get? Joy and pain. Good health and injuries. Exhilaration and despair. A feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of waste. The sunrise and the sunset.

Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.