What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
STEVE PREFONTAINEKids 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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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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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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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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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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 want is to be number one.
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The idea of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing my specialty to someone who wasn’t running his specialty. Mostly, the idea of losing in front of my people. They haven’t forgotten about me.
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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