Jason P. Lester

Jason P. Lester (born 1974) is an endurance athlete, the author of Running on Faith, and the 2009 ESPY Award winner for Best Male Athlete with a Disability.

Jason P. Lester

Quotes

• Running became my way of solving this puzzle of what had happened to me. It was just me and the road.
  • Running on Faith: the Principles, Passion and Pursuit of a Winning Life (2010); as quoted in "First Read: Jason Lester’s Running on Faith", LAVA Magazine (November 2, 2010).

• I've been a vegetarian for 21 years and a vegan plant-based athlete for 5 years. … Nothing takes the place of real plant-based nutrition.
  • Instagram (12 May 2014).

Quotes about Lester

• Recall the story of Jason Lester, who could have allowed the devastating paralysis of his arm to send him into a spiral of depression, anger, and desire for vengeance. Indeed, he did feel some of these emotions; who wouldn't? But his sense of discipline, instilled by his father during years of athletic training, was stronger.
  • E. Bernard Jordan, The Laws of Prosperity (Simon & Schuster, 2011), ch. 4.