Running gives me confidence.
STEVE PREFONTAINESomebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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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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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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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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’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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