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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.

Steve Prefontaine

I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Beautiful Better Creative Myself Run Style
Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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Coward Fear One Liner Tired Yourself
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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Goodness Myself Race Right Run Sports
I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Excitement Myself People Run
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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Deal Greatness Leadership People Responsibility Yourself
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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Endurance Myself Pain Tolerance Win
I run to see who has the most guts.
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One Liner Run See
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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Crazy Kind Mad Run Time
What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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Feeling Goodness Myself Run
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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Easy Fun Myself Run Thinking
A race is a work of art.
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Art One Liner Race Work
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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End Fast Myself Pain People Punishment Race Run
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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Beautiful Creation Creative Music People Race Run Stop Style Yourself
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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Blood Inspirational Motivational Tough Yourself
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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Failure One Liner Preparation Yourself
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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Field Forget Ideas Lose Myself People Run

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