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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If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

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What I've done in this older part of my life is I started foundation called 261 Fearless, named after my old ,1967 Boston Marathon, bib number.I thought we could create training and a communicative, non-judgmental platform, in a movement to let them know they're not alone. Then fearless women can reach out to help women who are fearful and take that first step using the vehicle of running because it's transformational. It works for every woman every time.

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A lack of forgiveness is a waste of time and it's very enriching to forgive and move on but those are things that come with time.

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A picture, of Jock Semple kissed me,appeared in The New York Times the next day after Boston Marathon in 1973, and the caption was "The end of an era.

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

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Life is for participating, not for spectating.

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1967 race in Boston changed not just my life, but millions of women's lives. There are also things that, when you get older, resonate more.

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Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that

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Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

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