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.
STEVE PREFONTAINEEvery 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?’
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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 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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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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 that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.
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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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Running gives me confidence.
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A race is a work of art.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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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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