I only work on my books at nights and at weekends. It is really just like a hobby.
I think sometimes you can study guys and build them into giants that they are not.
I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment.
The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner
I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence. Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.
I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen
Suffering is an extraordinary teacher.
In a culture where profit has become the true God, self-sacrifice can seem incomprehensible rather than noble.
My therapist shared a theory she had come across, and I liked it. It held that before making your next journey in this life, your soul sits at a large, circular conference table and chooses the souls who are going to be a part of your life. As for which particular people would be chosen, I figured they would be individuals from previous lives with whom there was still unfinished business.
You can't define what's middle class, what is wealthy, what is poor.
One of the greatest things about playing a villain is people wondering when he's going to make his comeback.