I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
STEVE PREFONTAINEA race is a work of art.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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What I want is to be number one.
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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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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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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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Running gives me confidence.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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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 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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