If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

I'm the one who has made all the sacrifices. Those are my American records, not the country's.

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.