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.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're too small Pre', 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

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?'

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.