Top 19 Quotes by Steve Prefontaine

About Steve Prefontaine

These are some quotes by American author Steve Prefontaine Athlete, who lived between January 25, 1951 and May 30, 1975.

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

Steve Prefontaine

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.

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

I run to see who has the most guts.

I run to see who has the most guts.

Steve Prefontaine

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

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

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.

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

Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.

Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.

Steve Prefontaine

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.

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

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

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

Steve Prefontaine

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

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