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

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

Steve Prefontaine quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: A race is a work of art.

A race is a work of art.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: What I want is to be number one.

What I want is to be number one.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: I run to see who has the most guts.

I run to see who has the most guts.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.

If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.

Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters ... nobody except me.

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 quotes: What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.

What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.

Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

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 quotes: You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.

I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

Steve Prefontaine quotes: To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Steve Prefontaine quotes: Running gives me confidence.

Running gives me confidence.