Steve Prefontaine Quotes
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A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
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I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
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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.
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I'm the one who has made all the sacrifices. Those are my American records, not the country's.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
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To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.
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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.
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If the Olympics come around, and I'm in shape, then I'll compete. But I won't be representing the United States; I'll be representing myself.