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 PREFONTAINETo give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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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The idea of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing my specialty to someone who wasn’t running his specialty. Mostly, the idea of losing in front of my people. They haven’t forgotten about 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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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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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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A race is a work of art.
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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 don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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. 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.
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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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What I want is to be number one.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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