No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINEA race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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’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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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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Running gives me confidence.
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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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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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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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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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I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.
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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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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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