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 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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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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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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I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
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Every once in a while I think, ‘What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?’
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Running gives me confidence.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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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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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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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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