COURAGE is not a quality you teach. Courage is the by-product of self-discipline. It is an ATTITUDE..

When I first came into international running, most runners did about 60-70 miles or running a week. I guess that is still the standard except for Ken….

My key to victory was that I always went out way too fast. Too fast erases every other race strategy out there. Everyone is hanging on for dear life ….

I just wanted to quit running. My coach, Tracy Walters, took me aside and told me that I had an opportunity few people ever get. He said that I could….

The hard part is believing it can happen to you. Most likely, my runners will never achieve a 3-minute mile. I think they may all be disappointed at ….

The only thing that lives beyond the grave is the wake you have created by the way you have lived your life; the goals you have set; the distance awa….

Kids are afraid that if they race too fast they will get tired. Way too much fear and way too little COURAGE..

Humans are a TOUGH animal! We can do anything..

Wanting to win races is detrimental to courage. You tend to run too conservatively because you want to wait and sprint. If you are there to force the….

Set a new standard. Change reality. Break ground to something new and different. That achievement will live forever just because you WERE somebody sp….

The 3-minute mile goal is to teach runners that the impossible is where goals should be set..

I never did cross training or lifted weights or put anything between myself and my passion for running..

This life is made to change all reality. We are here for the benefit, happiness, and welfare of a new reality; a new direction..

Based on my experience; I would develop fast speed before anything else. Get your young runners so they can run and teach them speed..

Everyone dies whether one is good in their lifetime or evil in their lifetime. So virtue has no payback. Life is meaningless. When you die, you die!.

I always enjoyed the training more than I did the racing. There was a high level of anxiety in racing that I did not enjoy. Training runs set me FREE….

Run with your heart instead of your mind. When you think with your mind, you think of the things you can and can't do. But when you run with your hea….

There are champions in every neighborhood. Anyone can run to the very top. ANYONE! But you have to (a) start right, (b) think right, and (c) believe.….

When you hit a certain spot you Sprint no matter how you feel inside or what your co-runner thinks. You just go! In training as a nickel, you sprint ….

Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to run fast off base wo….

I would instill in my team an attitude of role modeling. We run to teach other people the value of physical activity. In all things, be humble and ap….