If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
STEVE PREFONTAINEMy 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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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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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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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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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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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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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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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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