Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.
If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.
Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.