If he’s having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters, nobody except me.
STEVE PREFONTAINESomething inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.’ It’s more than just a race, it’s a style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
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Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.
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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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A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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