PRE. For your dedication and loyalty to your principles and beliefs. For your love,warmth and friendship. For your family and friends. You are missed by so many and you will never be forgotten. — 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
