"Your job gives you authority. Your behavior gives you respect"

“The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.”

“Running has thrown me into adventures that I would otherwise have missed.”

Source : Benjamin Cheever (2007). “Strides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete”, p.93, Rodale

“The only difference between me and the fans is I can't eat or drink during the game and you guys can't make moves. Besides that, we are pretty much the same people.”

“I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.”

“Memory isn't a theme; it's part of the human condition.”

“I started off as a graffiti artist in the South Bronx. My tag name was 'Loco' because I would go crazy and tag anywhere I wanted, in the weirdest places.”

“If that's what you're thinking, then don't even question it. Go let your freak flag fly, brother.”

“If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band, a throbbing vein, and a needle, tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made.”