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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

As far as being a coach, it’s always fascinated me. It’s a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you’re dealing with people.
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Deal Greatness Leadership People Responsibility Yourself
Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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Difficult Faith Motivational Run True Try World Yourself
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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Blood Inspirational Motivational Tough Yourself
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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Afraid Give Up Goodness Greatness Inspirational
Nobody likes tainted victories.
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One Liner Victory Win
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.
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Art People Race Understand Way Work
I’ve been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don’t go out and just run. There’s an offense and a defense.
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Competition International Man Myself Run
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Move Run Support Yourself
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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Crazy Kind Mad Run Time
My philosophy is that I’m an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
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Art Artist Body Book Camera Myself Performance Philosophy See
I run to see who has the most guts.
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One Liner Run See
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
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End Fast Myself Pain People Punishment Race Run
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.
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Art Beautiful Creation Music Myself People Run Word
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
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Children Confidence Fun Learning Myself Run Slow
Every once in a while I think, ‘What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?’
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Easy Fun Myself Run Thinking
Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

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