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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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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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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 don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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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What I want is to be number one.
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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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