I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI run to see who has the most guts.
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I’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.
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I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
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A race is a work of art.
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A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.
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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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My philosophy is that I’m an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
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Running gives me confidence.
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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 himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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