American - Athlete | January 25, 1951 - May 30, 1975
I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.
Steve Prefontaine
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You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.
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People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but it's not gonna be that way.
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American athletes, especially distance runners, are at a big disadvantage against the rest of the world. We're expected to live by all the rules, like not being able to coach, but still train and make our own living.
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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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Coos Bay is a sports-minded town. You had to be an athlete to be somebody.
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World records at 19. I don't want that. Later, yes. And when it comes, I'll learn to live with it, but it won't be my first love.
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What does it prove, running in the AAU meet?
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The AAU doesn't care about the athletes; why should I care about them?
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If I want to go to Europe and get thrashed by the Europeans, that's my business. Every race I lose I learn from and get tougher.
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It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way.
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