The desire to run comes from deep within us – from the unconscious, the instinctive, the intuitive.

No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life’s most rewarding experiences.

The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith and to become one’s own person, utterly and completely.

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain – not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.

Because until we write it down, we don’t know what is actually at the root of our lives.

Once you have decided that winning isn’t everything, you become a winner.

If you want to find the answers to the Big Questions about your soul, you’d best begin with the Little Answers about your body.

Exercise is done against one’s wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

Exercise: you don’t have time not to.

Play is where life lives.