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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.

Steve Prefontaine

I run to see who has the most guts.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

One Liner Run See
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Blood Inspirational Motivational Tough Yourself
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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Beautiful Better Creative Myself Run Style
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Field Forget Ideas Lose Myself People Run
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

End Myself Pure Race Work
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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Competition International Man Myself Run
Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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Coward Fear One Liner Tired Yourself
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Motivational Run Satisfaction Success Time Wonderful Yourself
Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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Difficult Faith Motivational Run True Try World Yourself
A race is a work of art.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Art One Liner Race Work
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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Goodness Myself Race Right Run Sports
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.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Beautiful Creation Creative Music People Race Run Stop Style Yourself
I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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Excitement Myself People Run
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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Art People Race Understand Way Work
Nobody likes tainted victories.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

One Liner Victory Win
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Easy Field Myself Race Run Track

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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