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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

Steve Prefontaine

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Easy Field Myself Race Run Track
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Children Confidence Fun Learning Myself Run Slow
Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Myself Voice Wait
The idea of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing my specialty to someone who wasn’t running his specialty. Mostly, the idea of losing in front of my people. They haven’t forgotten about me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Field Forget Ideas Lose Myself People Run
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 who can win it.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

End Myself Pure Race Work
I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
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Beautiful Better Creative Myself Run Style
As far as being a coach, it’s always fascinated me. It’s a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you’re dealing with people.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Deal Greatness Leadership People Responsibility Yourself
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Failure One Liner Preparation Yourself
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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Crazy Kind Mad Run Time
I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Endurance Myself Pain Tolerance Win
Every 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 PREFONTAINE

Easy Fun Myself Run Thinking
What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Feeling Goodness Myself Run
Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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Distance Run Start Success Travel Yourself
Running gives me confidence.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Confidence Myself Run Sports
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Competition International Man Myself Run
Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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Coward Fear One Liner Tired Yourself

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