Steve Prefontaine Quotes - Page 2

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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

  Running, Fun, Thinking

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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

  Running, Boys, Competition

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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

  Running, Good Day, Race

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• Running gives me confidence.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Inspirational Running, Giving

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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.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Loyalty, Dedication, Family And Friends

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• I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Beautiful, Running, Creative

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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.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Fun, Kids

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• A race is a work of art.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Art, Race, Works Of Art

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• How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races?

  Steve Prefontaine

  Children, Kids, Winning

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• What I want is to be number one.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Numbers, Want

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• Nobody likes tainted victories.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Victory, Likes, Tainted

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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.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Ideas, People

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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

  Steve Prefontaine

  Beautiful, Running, People

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• No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Winning, Two

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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.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Responsibility, People

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