If he’s having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters, nobody except me.
STEVE PREFONTAINENo one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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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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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A race is a work of art.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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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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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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