A true hero never gives up hope.

     "I sometimes lose all track of time. Not just minutes, but sometimes I seem to lose track of years. If I'm on an especially long run, I'll sometimes lose track of where I am. I'll imagine I'm in a timeless state, where I'm one with all runners, with all of history." -- Kathi Page, quoted in _The Running Mind_ by Jim Lilliefors

     "Fear is a great motivator." -- John Treacy, 1984 Olympic silver medalist

     "If I faltered, there would be no arms to hold me and the world would be a cold and forbidding place." -- Sir Roger Bannister

     "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself." -- Paulo Coelho

     "There is no time to think about how much I hurt. There is only time to run." -- Ben Logsdon

     "Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer." -- Percy Cerutty