If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
STEVE PREFONTAINEA 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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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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I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s 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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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A race is a work of art.
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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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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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