Pre: "It's the hardest thing in the world to believe in something, and if you do it's a miracle."
MM: "Do you believe in god?"
Pre: "I believe in myself."
Without Limits

"The only true way is to marshal the ferocity of your ambition over the course of many days, weeks, months, and (if you could finally come to accept it) years. The trial of miles; miles of trials."
John L. Parker Jr.

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

"I think people would be shocked at how big my goals are"
Kara Goucher

"If you go out knowing you will never give up, you'll still lose most of the time, but you'll be in the best position to kick on that rare day when everything breaks right"

Bill Bowerman