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" If you can make money with your talents, why not? "
Steve Prefontaine
You
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" It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way. "
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" What I like most about track is the feeling I get inside after a good run. "
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" Nobody likes tainted victories. "
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" I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a lot of blood, sweat and tears. "
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" I don't care about being on television. "
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" If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slow pace, and I get beaten by a kicker who leaches off the front, then I'll always wonder, 'What if...?' "
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" 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. "
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" What I want is to be number one. "
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" 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. "
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" To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. "
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Sacrifice
Gift
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" I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what. "
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" It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain. "
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Who
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" I know places you better speak low if you've been to college. Men will come across the room and cold-deck you if you hold your glass wrong. "
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Know
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" Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen. "
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Citizen
Want
" What does it prove, running in the AAU meet? "
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" Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. "
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Me
May
" I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose. "
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Want
Going
" I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting. "
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Run
Just
Go
" 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?' "
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" Coos Bay is a sports-minded town. You had to be an athlete to be somebody. "
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Town
" It's hard to run a mile when you're not a miler and to kick when you've led all the way. "
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Way
Run
Mile
" This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there, so if I have to run three races to win the Pac-8 title, I'll do it. Oh, sure, I'll probably be tired, but the people shouting will carry me across the finish line. "
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Great
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Tired
" To hell with love of country - I compete for myself. "
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Hell
Country
Compete
" 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. "
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" No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me. "
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Two
Easy
Me
" Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off. "
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Want
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" If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me. "
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Race
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" The AAU doesn't care about the athletes; why should I care about them? "
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Care
Should
Athletes
" For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best. "
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Alone
Best
" I'm the one who has made all the sacrifices. Those are my American records, not the country's. "
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Records
Country
American