To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
STEVE PREFONTAINEPRE. 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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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What I want is to be number one.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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A race is a work of art.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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 don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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As far as being a coach, it’s always fascinated me. It’s a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you’re dealing with people.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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