I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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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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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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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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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’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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Running gives me confidence.
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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 can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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