American runners have lost a little bit of the top. Most of the really good runners coming into town now aren't Americans.

Nobody pays attention to me. In Atlanta, somebody would notice if I had junk food in my cart at the grocery store. I was a celebrity. It sounds strange, because some think this is why we do this, to become celebrities. But that's not true. I just like to be another part of the running community.

Some say the reason it's a mecca is the altitude. But I never used that in my prime. I think there's a little more mythology to that than reality.

If our father is our basis for God, and our fathers abandoned us, then what does that tell you about God?

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?