Steve Prefontaine Quotes

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.
Steve Prefontaine

Best, Sacrifice, Give

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
Steve Prefontaine

End, Himself, Run

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
Steve Prefontaine

May, Somebody, Beat

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.
Steve Prefontaine

Down, Sense, Keep

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.
Steve Prefontaine

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.
Steve Prefontaine

Him, Said, Wait

I run to see who has the most guts.
Steve Prefontaine

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
Steve Prefontaine

Work, Art, Ways

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 people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.
Steve Prefontaine

Music, Beautiful, Words

What I want is to be number one.
Steve Prefontaine

How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races?
Steve Prefontaine

Win, Kid, Longer

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.
Steve Prefontaine

Down, Sense, Keep

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 25, 1951

Died: May 30, 1975

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