You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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’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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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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 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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You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
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