These shoes.

These shoes are magic.

These shoes helped me lose twenty pounds.

These shoes gave me leg muscles that would make Lance Armstrong cry.

These shoes have walked many miles on both land and treadmill.

These shoes my mother bought for me from the store our friends' used to manage.

These shoes have little breast cancer awareness ribbons stitched into the tongue of the shoe.

These shoes almost went to Europe but then understood that they would be "too dorky American touristy" to cut it.

These shoes have now been retired but their service will never be forgotten.