Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
STEVE PREFONTAINESuccess isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
STEVE PREFONTAINESomething inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
STEVE PREFONTAINENo matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.
STEVE PREFONTAINEEvery 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?’
STEVE PREFONTAINESomebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
STEVE PREFONTAINEYou have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
STEVE PREFONTAINERunning gives me confidence.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI run to see who has the most guts.
STEVE PREFONTAINESome 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.
STEVE PREFONTAINEA race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI’ve been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don’t go out and just run. There’s an offense and a defense.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI’m going to work so that it’s a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.
STEVE PREFONTAINETo give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
STEVE PREFONTAINEDon’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
STEVE PREFONTAINEYou cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
STEVE PREFONTAINEDon’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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