Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do 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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Every once in a while I think, ‘What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?’
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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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A race is a work of art.
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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