Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where….

While a man is racing he must hate himself and his competitors..

Let the smokers and the gluttons die... and leave the living to us who know how to use it..

The introduction of resistance in form of sand and hill is too important to be ignored..

If you die, I will bury you in the sandhills with all the other runners..

Pain is the purifier. Love pain. Embrace pain..

Vincit qui patitur: he conquers, who endures..

Thus I urge you to go onto your greatness if you believe it is in you. Think deeply and separate what you wish from what you are prepared to do..

Runners don't run with their legs, they run ON their legs. In reality, they run with their Arms!.

If it hurts, make it hurt more..

Run hard, be strong, think big!.

Endurance? You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run..

The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression in athletics..

To be great, one does not have to be mad, but definitely it helps..

If the coach cannot do it, he cannot 'teach' it-only talk about it..

Fail, it's not in my dictionary. I've got a good dictionary up there and the words 'fail' and 'failure' have been ruled out for years. I don't know w….

But don't forget my ideas are only what's been written down in history by the great people of the world who've gone before. All I've done is condense….

I have found life highly competitive. I accept it. It is useless, merely a hypocritical humbug, to sincerely wish your opponent to win. If you are ou….

Ignore, then, whether you are tall and thin or short and stocky- whether they laughed at you at home (where they are often unkind) or at school (wher….

Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer..

I'm not interested in athletics, I'm only interested in achievement. Fix your goal and work for it..