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 ar….

I run to see who has the most guts..

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

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

I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting..

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

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic ener….

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off..

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die..

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding..

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

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it..

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

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great..

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail..

What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run..

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 ba….

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 en….

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..

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, Someb….

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 ….