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 cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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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 can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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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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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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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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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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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