Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.
There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.
Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.
When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.
What Fred Lebow went through was an inspiration for me. You have to set goals for yourself.
One day you are happy and laughing and the next you are crying.
I am a private person and that has always been my personality.
I'm sure drugs and alcohol perhaps would inspire new thoughts, but it's certainly not something that I use as a tool or a mechanism to create.
No crust so tough as the grudged bread of dependence.
I don't see myself as some television star, I see myself as a girl from Albany.
Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time that I wonder if we've lost the ability to daydream.