Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.

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.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

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.