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I'm the one who has made all the sacrifices. Those are my American records, not the country's.
I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend.
Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.
Maybe I really could be one of the greatest of all time. Who doesn't want to be a legend, right?
The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner
I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.
Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
I dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.
My father was a great fan of the horses. His only regret was that I never ran in the Grand National.
All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.
I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me; I'm using football.
I'd rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the way and lose, than run a conservative race only for a win.
I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner.
In the midst of an ordinary training day, I try to remind myself that I am preparing for the extraordinary.
I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.
I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose.
For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.
You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
I try to eat a lot of baked foods, fish, chicken, potatoes, stuff like that. Grab me a Muscle Milk. That helps.
The dynamic has really changed in the U.S. Americans believe they can be competitive, that they can win medals.
All runners are tough. Everyone has to have a little fire in them, that even in tough times, can’t be turned off.
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run
I didn't give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn't understand the power of periodization.
It's amazing how the same pace in practice can feel so much harder than on race day. Stay confident. Trust the process.
If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.
There are a lot of guys out there now who know they are not working as hard as other people. I can't fathom how they think.
Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religious fanatic talk about the day he saw the light.
I have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that's when you're going to get hurt. So I play relentless.
I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.
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
I'd want to have the power of mind control. If I had that one skill you'd always see at the bank loading up bags full of cash.
I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
People loose tension when they run. The feeling of self respect will almost always increase. You accept yourself a little more.
I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.
If I want to go to Europe and get thrashed by the Europeans, that's my business. Every race I lose I learn from and get tougher.
World records at 19. I don't want that. Later, yes. And when it comes, I'll learn to live with it, but it won't be my first love.
People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but it's not gonna be that way.
I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.
I love my son. I love my kids, my family. Like I said after I took the misdemeanor plea, I take full responsibility for my actions.
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
You get to the point where you decide that you don't want to be a victim anymore and that you're not going to live your life like that.
It is very rewarding to feel and see progress. I am going to put my head down and keep plugging away. I believe the best is yet to come.
I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park.
I always say the only limitations are in your mind, and if you don't buy into those limits, you can do a helluva lot more than you imagine.
I know places you better speak low if you've been to college. Men will come across the room and cold-deck you if you hold your glass wrong.
I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.
If the Olympics come around, and I'm in shape, then I'll compete. But I won't be representing the United States; I'll be representing myself.
No matter how many flaws we have, our God is so forgiving and understanding. He'll never leave you or forsake you. So that brings peace to me.