Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
STEVE PREFONTAINEYou 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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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A race is a work of art.
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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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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
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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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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 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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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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What I want is to be number one.
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