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Me Quotes by Steve Prefontaine
- Running gives me confidence.
- How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're…
- 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…
- 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…
- Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
- Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.
- If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.
- 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.
- No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
- 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…
- 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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- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale