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.

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A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts who can punish

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.

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?

How does a kid from Coos Bay with one leg longer than the other win races?

What I want is to be number one.

What I want is to be number one.

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    People don’t take trips, trips take people.

    People don’t take trips, trips take people.

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