Steve Prefontaine Quotes

steve prefontaine

I Don’t Just Go Out There and Run

I don’t just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.

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

What I like most about track is the feeling I get inside after a good run.

Don’t let fatigue make a coward of you.

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

Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.

If you can’t win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.

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

It’s not who’s the best – it’s who can take the most pain.

Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.