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 too small Pre', 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. - Steve Prefontaine
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
- Steve Prefontaine
Don't let fatigue make a coward of you. - Steve Prefontaine
Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great. - Steve Prefontaine
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
I run to see who has the most guts. - Steve Prefontaine
I run to see who has the most guts.
The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die. - Steve Prefontaine
The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. - Steve Prefontaine
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the en… - Steve Prefontaine
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the en…
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running? - Steve Prefontaine
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes ba… - Steve Prefontaine
You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes ba…
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