Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
STEVE PREFONTAINENo 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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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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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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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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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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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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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