"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself……" — Steve Prefontaine
"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back."
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34 Quotes by Steve Prefontaine
Steve Prefontaine has 34 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Running gives me confidence.
- The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.
- What I want is to be number one.
- I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
- How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people…
- As far as being a coach, it's always fascinated me. It's a greater responsibility than most people give it credit…
- Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.
- The idea of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing my specialty to someone who wasn't…
- Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
- Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.
- What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
- Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.