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There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

The study of motivation goes back to the Greeks. Their sports were essential to their education. They saw in sports the integration of body, mind and soul, the creation of beauty, the mastering of athletics, and the challenge of competition. A French sociologist points this out. "Sports," he wrote, was part of the education of the citizen. He was expected to engage in exercise for a whole series of reasons that had to do with the shaping of the citizen; the relation between moral good and physical good; and the growth of a person.

The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect.

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner.

To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience.

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

We who run...are different from those who merely study us. We are out there experiencing what they are trying to put into words.

Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.