A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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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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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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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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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Running gives me confidence.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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.
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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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What I want is to be number one.
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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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