I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
STEVE PREFONTAINETo 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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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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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PRE. For your dedication and loyalty to your principles and beliefs. For your love,warmth and friendship. For your family and friends. You are missed by so many and you will never be forgotten.
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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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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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Running gives me confidence.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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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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