I first knew I had it bad when I started to get excited to go to sleep because I knew the next thing I’d be doing is lacing up the running sneakers.

If I dig a large enough hole in the earth, will you all live in it?

Don’t see the finish line and let up, cross the finish line and die.

Winning might not be everything, but I can’t pretend that winning doesn’t matter either.

Looking back is such a waste of energy

Go ahead, run and don’t strength train and expect to get better at running.

While you’re at it, read the same book over and over and expect to improve your vocabulary.

Seek the opportunity to prove you are stronger than you previously thought.

While it’s not the only thing you’ll need, the audacity to actually believe that you can do it is a good start.

That moment that you realize that everything you went through was worth it is irreplaceable.

There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going… but there are tangents

You cannot fail with honest and appropriate effort.