I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
STEVE PREFONTAINEA 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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.
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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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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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A race is a work of art.
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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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What I want is to be number one.
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