You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
STEVE PREFONTAINEDon’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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PRE. For your dedication and loyalty to your principles and beliefs. For your love,warmth and friendship. For your family and friends. You are missed by so many and you will never be forgotten.
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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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Running gives me confidence.
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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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You 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.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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.
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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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?’
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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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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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.
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What I want is to be number one.
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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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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.
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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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