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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

Steve Prefontaine

You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Inspirational Myself Need Thankful Weakness Wrong Yourself
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Field Forget Ideas Lose Myself People Run
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Easy Field Myself Race Run Track
Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Coward Fear One Liner Tired Yourself
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Competition International Man Myself Run
I run to see who has the most guts.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

One Liner Run See
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Competition Hard Work Inspirational Motivational Myself Training
What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Feeling Goodness Myself Run
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Belief Dedication Friendship Love Loyalty Missing Principle Warm Yourself
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Motivational Run Satisfaction Success Time Wonderful Yourself
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Art Beautiful Creation Music Myself People Run Word
Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Myself Voice Wait
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Ability Best Gift Inspirational Motivational Sacrifice Yourself
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Beautiful Creation Creative Music People Race Run Stop Style Yourself
Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Distance Run Start Success Travel 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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Art Artist Body Book Camera Myself Performance Philosophy See

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