What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
STEVE PREFONTAINEI’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.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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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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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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A race is a work of art.
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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
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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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Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off.
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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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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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