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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I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!

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

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I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable.

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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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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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Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

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

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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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