Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
STEVE PREFONTAINEWhat I want is to be number one.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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Running gives me confidence.
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A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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 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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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 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 kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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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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