Best Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races?
Bay
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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…
Been
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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.
Beat
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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.
Confidence
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No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
Easy
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
Inspirational
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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…
Art
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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…
Busting
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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…
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