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

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• ‟ 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?'

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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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• ‟ 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 used to say, 'Hey, man, what kind of a stupid question is that?' to a newspaperman asking me heavy things right after a race when I'm still in an emotional state. Now I at least try to answer.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

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• ‟ This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there, so if I have to run three races to win the Pac-8 title, I'll do it. Oh, sure, I'll probably be tired, but the people shouting will carry me across the finish line.

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• ‟ If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

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