Quote #5
I hate having those people back there sucking on me.
More from Steve Prefontaine
- I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.
- I run best when I run free.
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- 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.
- A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
- 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 peopl…
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- Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.