Steve Prefontaine Quotes

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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Steve Prefontaine
If I were in Steve Prefontaine’s shoes, I’d have done the same thing he did. Except for all that running. I wouldn’t have done that.
Jarod Kintz (This Book is Not for Sale)
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
Steve Prefontaine
Why you do such a thing?” Ito demanded. “Because I think Blue Ribbon could be great success,” Sumeragi said, “maybe $20 million account. I shake hands many times with Mr. Steve Prefontaine. I shake hands with Mr. Bill Bowerman. I go many times to Trail Blazer game with Mr. Phil Knight. I even pack orders at warehouse. Nike is my business child. Always it is nice to see one’s business child grow.” “So then,” Ito said, “you hide invoices because . . . you . . . like these men?” Deeply ashamed, Sumeragi bowed his head. “Hai,” he said. “Hai.
Phil Knight (Shoe Dog)
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 back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
Tom Jordan (Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine)
- la vera missione di un uomo è vivere, non esistere.
Marco Tarozzi (La leggenda del re corridore: Vita breve di Steve Prefontaine (Italian Edition))
He was called "World" by his teammates, a nickname Mac Wilkins came up with to keep Pre humble. It was short for "World Famous
Tom Jordan (Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine)
In the never-ending struggle against boredom, Pre wanted to run new routes. "All right, you guys decide where we're going to run," he would challenge Feig and Bence when they trained together on the roads. Feig would suggest the Bike Trail or Skinner's Butte, and Pre would respond with "That's not very original; everybody does that all the time." "So we'd end up with him going off in the lead and end up running the same old thing we'd done before," Bence says,
Tom Jordan (Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine)
That's life and track though; you work hard for just a few chances
Tom Jordan (Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine)
Perhaps Pre's driving was affected enough that he simply misjudged the curve and his approach speed. Perhaps, as one policeman speculated, he was reaching for a cassette tape and took his eyes off the road. Perhaps he failed to make the turn for an altogether different reason. The result is the same.
Tom Jordan (Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine)
Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)
M. Prefontaine (The Best Smart Quotes Book: Wisdom That Can Change Your Life (Quotes For Every Occasion Book 12))
I do it because I can, I can because I want to, I want to because you said I couldn't.
Steve Prefontaine
Ejemplo clásico:Steve Prefontaine.Pre aceleró demasiado rápido dos veces en la misma carrera en las olimpiadas de 1972;las dos veces lo alcanzaron. Llegado el último tramo, Pre no había guardado combustible y cayó hasta el cuarto puesto, lo que hizo que se quedase sin medalla. Esa derrota histórica grabó a fuego la lección: nadie pierde el puesto de perseguidor si no se ve obligado a ello. A menos que seas tonto o imprudente, o a menos que seas Gari Kasparov. En
Christopher McDougall (Nacidos para correr: La historia de una tribu oculta, un grupo de superatletas y la mayor carrera de la historia)