Running gives me confidence.
STEVE PREFONTAINESome people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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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 run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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 be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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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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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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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 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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