Courtney Parsons

When people ask me why I run, I tell them, there's not really a reason, its just the adrenalin when you start, & the feeling when you cross that finish line, & know that you are a winner no matter what place you got.

T. Alan Armstrong

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months & years they spend preparing for it.  The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

Dr. Goerge Sheehan

Its very hard to understand in the beginning that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners.  Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit.