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Steve Scott is the greatest US distance runner of all time. Scott won six US 1,500 meter crowns and four indoor mile crowns. Scott has run sub four mins in the mile 136 times; more then any other athlete…
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#30	George Baca November 2, 2009 at 5:48am wow! I can't believe he said "they were all on drugs." WTF? reply
#29	Steve Crnic May 23, 2008 at 9:00pm "I mean, we've had 100 runners, but they were all on drugs" Wow lol... reply
#28	Old Fan January 14, 2008 at 1:49am great guy. Steve is the american greatest miler. Silver at Worlds, 137 sub 4. Ran very agressively at 84 olympics, I truly believe he gould had medal. Most "natural" runner, and still the american holder for the mile. reply
#27	Ken August 24, 2007 at 1:17am When's his next race? reply
#26	Mark August 11, 2007 at 6:40pm I love the Forward in Steve Scott's biography, "The Miler." reply
#25	Coach Mike August 11, 2007 at 12:20pm One thing about Scott is his long-term consistency. He and John Walker were battling each other to run the most sub 4:00 miles in history (I think Scott has the record), and was still running close to sub-4:00 at 40. Heck, he still looks like he might be able to run pretty well! reply
#24	Wow August 4, 2007 at 9:18pm hhaha thats funny its kinda true about the sprinters lol reply
#23	TJ Riedel July 26, 2007 at 10:33pm Good job Alan. It was nice to see you break the record. Good luck in the future trying to go for the WR. reply
#22	Andy Ligeti July 24, 2007 at 1:17pm All I can add is that I still consider Steve, along with Coe and Walker three of the great milers we all followed way back when. Like Steve mentioned (before the fact) he will have mixed feelings when his record 'falls' and who wouldn't, yet its reassuring to see the mantle pass to a great athlete like Alan who will go on to many more great "feets"!! reply
#21	Troy O'Dell July 23, 2007 at 2:13pm Great interview, and, he is entitled to his opinion. This is a great individual who showed great courage and perserverance as a runner. Steve took time out of his busy schedule to speak at a low level cross country banquet at my school in 1982 and I ran into him in an airport 20 years later and he took the time to talk to me and my daughters and was very cordial when asking for an autograph. He is an ambassodor for the sport. I know some of you don't like the comments made about the sprinters, but, who could blame anyone for feeling the frustrations after the likes of Justin Gatlin, Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, etc. reply
#20	Rb July 22, 2007 at 7:24am I don't view the 84 Olympics as a failure - I view it as his greatest display of guts. All or nothing, in front of the biggest audience in history. Its guts, because, among other things, he _knew_ it had a big chance for bigtime failure. "Sit and (try to) kick" with Coe would have been failure. reply
#19	Runningman July 22, 2007 at 1:16am And where may you be from mr. SprintH8r, since your loyalty obviously lies elsewhere? reply
#18	Sprint H8r July 21, 2007 at 8:18pm just wait til Tyson Gay tests positive... that will be three "great" american sprinters in a row to be busted... sweet! reply
#17	Nc July 21, 2007 at 5:57pm how is it untrue? he wasn't saying every single sprinter is on drugs, he's just saying every major sprint star (AR/WR holders) we've had has been busted for drugs, tim montgomery, busted, gatlin, busted, marion jones, busted. it's an extreme annoyance to every track athlete when every time we see a great figure in sports like our sprinters getting world records, they test positive for some sort of drug. that's why i think he said it. reply
#16	Tm July 21, 2007 at 4:40pm scott i have lost all respect for all. what a stupid generalization to say that all 100 meter runners have been on drugs. how would he feel if mo greene said that all distance runners were sissies. reply
#15	Don't Worry About It July 21, 2007 at 4:10pm You're right. It maybe untrue, but just think about how often drug issues have been brought up around sprinters compared to distance runners. No one should be using drugs (in my opinion) but like Steve said, you can always count on sprinters to be "playing with fire"... they need to watch out or they're gonna get "burned" one day. reply
#14	Don't Worry About It July 21, 2007 at 4:10pm You're right. It maybe untrue, but just think about how often drug issues have been brought up around sprinters compared to distance runners. No one should be using drugs (in my opinion) but like Steve said, you can always count on sprinters to be "playing with fire"... they need to watch out or they're gonna get "burned" one day. reply
#13	Don't Worry About It July 21, 2007 at 4:10pm You're right. It maybe untrue, but just think about how often drug issues have been brought up around sprinters compared to distance runners. No one should be using drugs (in my opinion) but like Steve said, you can always count on sprinters to be "playing with fire"... they need to watch out or they're gonna get "burned" one day. reply
#12	Don't Worry About It July 21, 2007 at 4:10pm You're right. It maybe untrue, but just think about how often drug issues have been brought up around sprinters compared to distance runners. No one should be using drugs (in my opinion) but like Steve said, you can always count on sprinters to be "playing with fire"... they need to watch out or they're gonna get "burned" one day. reply
#11	Don't Worry About It July 21, 2007 at 4:10pm You're right. It maybe untrue, but just think about how often drug issues have been brought up around sprinters compared to distance runners. No one should be using drugs (in my opinion) but like Steve said, you can always count on sprinters to be "playing with fire"... they need to watch out or they're gonna get "burned" one day. reply
#10	TrackCoach July 21, 2007 at 1:01pm Steve could have dropped the comment about all of our 100m sprinters being on drugs; that statement was unnecessay and untrue. reply
#9	TrackCoach July 21, 2007 at 1:00pm Steve could have dropped the comment about all of our 100m sprinters being on drugs; to say that was unnecessary and untrue. reply
#8	Pen314@aol.com July 21, 2007 at 11:19am Good comments, he wrote a great book titled "The Miler" by Steve Scott with Marc Bloom. A must have in your library of running books. reply
#7	Trackfan July 20, 2007 at 9:40pm Great interview with a terrific athlete and very classy guy. He was a great representative for U.S. track and field. However, I thought his comments about Webb were perhaps a little premature. Webb is still only 24, Scott was 26 when he broke the American mile record and Coe was 30! when he set the 1500 world record, so I for one am going to reserve my judgment about Webb until his career is over. I think the next 3-4 years for Webb will determine how track history remembers him. reply
#6	LukeTheRunner July 20, 2007 at 5:32pm anonymous: He was born 5/5/56, so he is now 51 years old. reply
#5	Anonymous Coward July 20, 2007 at 8:00am How old is he now? out of curiousity reply
#4	Mikerunner July 19, 2007 at 11:08pm Scott visited my team during our training camp at Mammoth Mountain last summer....his presentation was fantastic and he know a ton about the sport. He also is a true fan of the sport. Besides a runner he is also a really funny and likeable person. reply
#3	Leo July 19, 2007 at 9:49pm i admire tremendously this man not just of what he did with the running but remember he beat the BIG C comming back from that is just well above anything else. He speaks with knowldege and wisdom something that many runners should sit, ponder and then run reply
#2	Steve Magness July 19, 2007 at 8:29pm even though they've all been on drugs.... great comment reply

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American Record holder for the Mile talks about why his record should be broken and about the people he thinks would be able to break it and the reasons behind it.
July 19, 2007

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