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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.

Steve Prefontaine

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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Goodness Myself Race Right Run Sports
No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.
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Competition Hard Work Inspirational Motivational Myself Training
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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Beautiful Better Creative Myself Run Style
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Ability Best Gift Inspirational Motivational Sacrifice Yourself
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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Afraid Give Up Goodness Greatness Inspirational
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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Easy Field Myself Race Run Track
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.
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Motivational Run Satisfaction Success Time Wonderful Yourself
Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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Myself Voice Wait
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
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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Failure One Liner Preparation Yourself
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
I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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Endurance Myself Pain Tolerance Win
I’m going to work so that it’s a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.
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End Myself Pure Race Work
What I want is to be number one.
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Best Goal Inspirational Motivational Myself One Liner
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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Beautiful Creation Creative Music People Race Run Stop Style Yourself
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Move Run Support Yourself

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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