Number one is just to gain a passion for running. To love the morning, to love the trail, to love the pace on the track. And if some kid gets really good at it, that’s cool too.

You should never stay at the same level. Always push yourself to the next.

They say discipline and dedication and respect are the key factors, but patience is a virtue that is absolutely essential!

If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.

It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.

If you think you’re done, you always have at least 40 percent more.

When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.

The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!