Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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 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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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’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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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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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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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Running gives me confidence.
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