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 PREFONTAINEA 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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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No 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.
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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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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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.
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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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What I want is to be number one.
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Running gives me confidence.
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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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