Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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What I want is to be number one.
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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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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.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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As far as being a coach, it’s always fascinated me. It’s a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you’re dealing with people.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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A race is a work of art.
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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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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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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