If he’s having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters, nobody except me.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
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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My philosophy is that I’m an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
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Running gives me confidence.
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A race is a work of art.
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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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