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.
STEVE PREFONTAINEDon’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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A race is a work of art.
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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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What I want is to be number one.
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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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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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