What did Steve Prefontaine mean by: You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA Copy
The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Determination, Intensity, Risk, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Achievement, Growth, Progress, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
Something inside of me just said ‘Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,’ and I just took off. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Competitiveness, Determination, Motivation, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Endurance, Resilience, Victory, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Competition, Determination, Resilience, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Excellence, Sacrifice, Talent, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Competition, Confidence, Determination, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steve Prefontaine, Faith, Opposition, Struggle, 0 Steve Prefontaine Runner · USA
Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
