You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
STEVE PREFONTAINESome people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.’ It’s more than just a race, it’s a style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
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Running gives me confidence.
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Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.’ It’s more than just a race, it’s a style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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If he’s having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters, nobody except me.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
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What I want is to be number one.
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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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