What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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Running gives me confidence.
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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.
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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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 one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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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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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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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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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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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What I want is to be number one.
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