"Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it."

"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become tarnished. Trophies gather dust. Friendships last forever."

"I wasn't running against Hitler, I was running against the clock."

"The only way to be truly free is to be yourself."

"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted."