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Steve Prefontaine

Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American middle and long-distance runner who competed in the 1972 Olympics. Prefontaine held American records in seven different distance track events, from 2,000 to 10,000 meters; he died at age 24 in an automobile accident near his residence in Eugene, Oregon.

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What I want is to be number one.

Number, Numbers, Running, Want

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

Give, Like, Motivational, People, Running

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, Fun, Hyperactive, Kids, Running

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

Beat, Beats, Bleed, May, Running, Somebody

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 end, punish himself even more.

Fastest, Pain, Punish, Race, Run, Running

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

Hey, Minute, Wait, Waiting, Want

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 energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.

Excited, Hard, Hard Work, People, Thing, Track

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.

Dream, Give, Giving Up, Longer, Running, Win

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

Miles, Running, Two, Win, Winning

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

Faith, Motivational, Running, True, Trying, World

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

Gift, Give, Inspirational, Leadership, Motivational, Sacrifice

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

Distance, Running, Success, Track, Traveled

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 guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

Busting, Fun, Life, Running, Things, Thinking

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

10000, Day, Good Day, Race, Running, Shorter

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before. ' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

Beautiful, Brush, Creative, Motivational, People, Running

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.

Running, Winning, Race, Pure, Win

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

Aviation, Forward, Patting, Propel, Running, Track

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 of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.

Art, Artist, Bodily, Book, Exhibit, Philosophy

Running gives me confidence.

Confidence, Gives, Giving, Inspirational Running, Running

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 idea of losing in front of my people. They haven't forgotten about me.

Front, Idea, Ideas, People, Running, Three

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