What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
STEVE PREFONTAINESomebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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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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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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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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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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What I want is to be number one.
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A race is a work of art.
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