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.
STEVE PREFONTAINEEvery 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?’
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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Running gives me confidence.
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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A race is a work of art.
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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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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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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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