Steve Prefontaine Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Steve Prefontaine:
I run to see who has the most guts.
~Steve Prefontaine
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
~Steve Prefontaine
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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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?'
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.
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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 style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.
~Steve Prefontaine
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To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.
~Steve Prefontaine
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Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.
~Steve Prefontaine
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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.
~Steve Prefontaine
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What I want is to be number one.
~Steve Prefontaine
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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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