Running gives me confidence.
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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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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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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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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If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
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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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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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Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.
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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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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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Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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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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Every once in a while I think, ‘What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?’
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
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