Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.
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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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I run to see who has the most guts.
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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 kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
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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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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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Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
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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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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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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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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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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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