A race is a work of art.
STEVE PREFONTAINEDon’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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 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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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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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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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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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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Running gives me confidence.
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