![]() ![]() ![]() We'll save you a Hamilton-the phrase "suicide pace" appears once, in 1955, referring to a car. You can access every edition of The Oregonian ever printed for a mere $10. The closest thing to it that I know is from him is the "I plan to put crap in their legs" (or something like that) quoted before the '72 Olympic Games. Not that he couldn't have said it, but I figure if it were genuine, I would have heard it before now. Here's what he said: I have never heard that quote before and never ascribed to Pre. I emailed Tom Jordan, the director of the Pre Classic and the author of the biography Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend asking him about the quote. Poster of Pre with the quote, available for $25: There's no evidence that Pre ever said it. There's only one problem with that last quote. If I were in a teenager in 2016, there's a 100% chance that all of my social media accounts would be covered in Pre quotes, including one of the most iconic ones: "The only good pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die." ( Runners love tweeting that.) Without Limits is one of my favorite movies ever, and I had a poster in various bedrooms from roughly 2005 to 2011 of this great photo of Pre looking back. Every mildly serious American runner has, at some point, encountered it. His death in a May 1975 car crash is one of the great tragedies in the history of American sports, and the bravura performance that was his life created an inspirational cottage industry that's going strong four decades later. Today would be Steve Prefontaine's 65th birthday. Additional quotes about running are added monthly.( Article originally appeared on FloTrack) Have quotes about running you would like to submit? Email us. Ian Thompson, 2:09.12 marathon at the 1974 Commonwealth Games That way I'm not frightened by anyone's reputation." "I prefer to remain in blissful ignorance of the opposition. I run a race to see who has the most guts. Most people run a race to see who is fastest. "You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and marathon finisher "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN." "How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're too small Pre', 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. "What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog." "There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." "The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." Sir Roger Bannister, first man to break the four minute mile No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable." The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. ![]() "We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves. Bill Bowerman, legendary University of Oregon track coach They're never going to run any record times, but they can always fulfill their own potential." "I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. Napoleon Bonaparte, legendary military leader "He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat." Peter Maher, Irish-Canadian Olympian and Sub-2:12 marathoner It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'" "Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. We are capable of greater than we realize." "Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes his mind to do. "If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way." Bill Dellinger, University of Oregon coach "Good things come slow - especially in distance running." It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running." It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. Following are some great quotes about running and life. ![]()
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