I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI run to see who has the most guts.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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Running gives me confidence.
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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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What I want is to be number one.
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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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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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