You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
STEVE PREFONTAINENo one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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.
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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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If he’s having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters, nobody except me.
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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.
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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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A race is a work of art.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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What I want is to be number one.
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