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Many ALS patients end up fading away quietly and dying. For me, this was not OK. I did not want to fade away quietly.


Steve Gleason

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STEVE SOUTHERLAND If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the b...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.
STEVE PREFONTAINE I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't g...
STEVE PREFONTAINE If you can make money with your talents, why not?
STEVE PREFONTAINE I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.
STEVE PREFONTAINE It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way.
STEVE PREFONTAINE If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slo...
STEVE PREFONTAINE This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there,...
STEVE PREFONTAINE If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 me...
STEVE PREFONTAINE Nobody likes tainted victories.
STEVE PREFONTAINE No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE What I want is to be number one.
STEVE PREFONTAINE Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took o...
STEVE PREFONTAINE Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi...
STEVE PREFONTAINE A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that ha...
STEVE PREFONTAINE I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a...
STEVE PREFONTAINE My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perf...
STEVE PREFONTAINE Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something bea...
STEVE PREFONTAINE A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish...
STEVE PREFONTAINE To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.
STEVE PREFONTAINE 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 ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.
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