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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.

Steve Prefontaine

Running gives me confidence.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Confidence Myself Run Sports
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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Competition International Man Myself Run
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Ability Best Gift Inspirational Motivational Sacrifice Yourself
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 PREFONTAINE

Goodness Myself Race Right Run Sports
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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Art People Race Understand Way Work
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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Crazy Kind Mad Run Time
Nobody likes tainted victories.
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One Liner Victory Win
I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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Excitement Myself People Run
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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End Fast Myself Pain People Punishment Race Run
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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Inspirational Myself Need Thankful Weakness Wrong Yourself
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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Art Artist Body Book Camera Myself Performance Philosophy See
You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
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Motivational Run Satisfaction Success Time Wonderful Yourself
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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Children Confidence Fun Learning Myself Run Slow
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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Field Forget Ideas Lose Myself People Run
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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Move Run Support Yourself
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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Afraid Give Up Goodness Greatness Inspirational

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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