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Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them.

People are so easily impressed by running, but I run pretty frequently.

Running gives you a great opportunity to work stuff out in your head.

If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.

Besides being good for our body, running helps us to focus and throw away negative energy.

Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.

Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.

A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.