Adam Lashinsky
Adam Lashinsky

As the finish line for 2017 begins to come into focus, I'm beginning to wonder what an Uber turnaround would look like.

Alex Zanardi
Alex Zanardi

As you approach the finish line, you go through a tunnel of people, all of them cheering and encouraging you. Then I heard the speaker say, 'Alessandro Zanardi, you are an Ironman!' It was something phenomenal, something amazing... I got very emotional at that point.

Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell

I should just stay composed and run to the finish line.

Bill Gates
Bill Gates

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Bill Rancic
Bill Rancic

What I think a lot of great marathon runners do is envision crossing that finish line. Visualization is critical. But for me, I set a lot of little goals along the way to get my mind off that overwhelming goal of 26.2 miles. I know I've got to get to 5, and 12, and 16, and then I celebrate those little victories along the way.

Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair

There's probably nothing quite like crossing the finish line and seeing the clock read numbers that you have never seen before.

Caroline Buchanan
Caroline Buchanan

BMX is never over until the finish line, and I am always trying to challenge myself for that world stage.

Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell

One of the main dilemmas that's pretty common to a lot of people who are getting older is the idea that maybe there's a finish line and that maybe there's a time in your life when you start to slow down and stop and smell the roses and just kind of settle into what will be a comfortable period in your life.

David Goggins
David Goggins

I'm different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I'm thinking about what I'm going to do tomorrow. It's as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.

Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?