What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
STEVE PREFONTAINESome people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do 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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A race is a work of art.
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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against 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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
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