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.
STEVE PREFONTAINEHaving a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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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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A race is a work of art.
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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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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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’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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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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