What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
STEVE PREFONTAINEI don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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Running gives me confidence.
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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 run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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 can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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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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You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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What I want is to be number one.
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