Steve Prefontaine Quotes


11 quotes:

"Most people race to see who is the fastest, I race to see who has the most guts."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: Sports Quotes
"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."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: Music Quotes
"Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes
"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."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes
"How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races?"
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes
"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."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes
"What I want is to be number one."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes
"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."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes Sacrifice Quotes
"Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes
"I run to see who has the most guts."
Author: Prefontaine Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes Guts Quotes

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