The Most Important Thing I Learned [from

The More I Run, The More I Want To Run, And The More I Live A Life Conditioned And Influenced And Fashioned By My Running. And The More I Run, The More Certain I Am That I Am Heading For My Real Goal: To Become The Person I Am.

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.

I Have Found My Hero And He Is Me.

Success Means Having The Courage, The Determination, And The Will To Become The Person You Believe You Were Meant To Be.

Sport Is Where An Entire Life Can Be Compressed Into A Few Hours, Where The Emotions Of A Lifetime Can Be Felt On An Acre Or Two Of Ground, Where A Person Can Suffer And Die And Rise Again On Six Miles Of Trails Through A New York City Park. Sport Is A Theater Where Sinner Can Turn Saint And A Common Man Become An Uncommon Hero, Where The Past And The Future Can Fuse With The Present. Sport Is Singularly Able To Give Us Peak Experiences Where We Feel Completely One With The World And Transcend All Conflicts As We Finally Become Our Own Potential.