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.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI run to see who has the most guts.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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 run to see who has the most guts.
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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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Running gives me confidence.
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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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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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My philosophy is that I’m an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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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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