Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967.

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Women is out because she's getting in her daily dose of empowerment, freedom and fearlessness. She has put on her freedom wings for 20 minutes or two hours. That's going to make her whole day right and her whole future hold up and seem entirely possible. The sense of her not having any limits, or any restrictions, to me, is so liberating. She doesn't have to prove anything.

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I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's. Looking back, I obviously had a great sense of vision. And I was right.

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I always say that talent and capability is everywhere, all it needs is opportunity.

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All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.

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There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout

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Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I knew he was an over-stressed race director, I knew he was protecting his race. It took five years because we had to do our homework - meaning we women - we did our legislative work and we officially got into the Boston Marathon. Then, all was forgiven by Jock Semple.

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If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage.

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When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.

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Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

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