Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.
STEVE PREFONTAINESome 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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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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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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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What I want is to be number one.
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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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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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