It's hard to run a mile when you're not a miler and to kick when you've led all the way. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
What I like most about track is the feeling I get inside after a good run. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running? — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
I used to say, 'Hey, man, what kind of a stupid question is that?' to a newspaperman asking me heavy things right… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
As far as being a coach, it's always fascinated me. It's a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you're dealing… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
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… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
I'm the one who has made all the sacrifices. Those are my American records, not the country's. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
The AAU doesn't care about the athletes; why should I care about them? — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but it's not… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement.… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share
