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.
STEVE PREFONTAINEWhat I want is to be number one.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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A race is a work of art.
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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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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 want is to be number one.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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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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I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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As far as being a coach, it’s always fascinated me. It’s a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you’re dealing with people.
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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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