To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. Read Summary
If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slow pace, and I get beaten by a kicker who leaches off the front, then I'll always wonder, 'What if...?' Read Summary
Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen. Read Summary
Did you ever run behind a slow pack? You get a trailing wind and a lot of body odor. Read Summary
If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record. Read Summary
People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but it's not gonna be that way. Read Summary
I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose. Read Summary
What I like most about track is the feeling I get inside after a good run. Read Summary
I know places you better speak low if you've been to college. Men will come across the room and cold-deck you if you hold your glass wrong. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
World records at 19. I don't want that. Later, yes. And when it comes, I'll learn to live with it, but it won't be my first love. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. Read Summary
Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement. Read Summary
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative. Read Summary
I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what. Read Summary
It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way. Read Summary
If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me. Read Summary
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?' Read Summary