“Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.”

“You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.”

“I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.”

“I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”

“Advice of all kinds from experienced marathoners can sweep you away. Your training, reading and racing will expand your network and everyone has a story the best shoes, clothes, energy foods. Dont...”

“When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulderswomen fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.”

“Body follows mind. If the mind compares itself to others this could lead to overtraining. Tune out what other runners do and how fast they run. Tune in, instead, to how your body wants to increase ...”

“The scariest thing about distance is that you dont know whether theyll miss you or forget you.”

“I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.”

“A week feels like a year when youre seventeen and in love. A twenty minute drive might as well be an ocean. But we were together again and the whole world was rejoicing, even the gravel crunched me...”