--- title: "4 Marathon Quotes By Steve Prefontaine" description: "4 Marathon quotes by Steve Prefontaine. Plus more from Steve Prefontaine and more Marathon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/steve-prefontaine-10079_beautiful_some-people-create-with-words-or-with-mu_715891.jpg" --- > [Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/some-people-create-with-words-or-with-music-or-with-a-brush-and/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/steve-prefontaine-10079_beautiful_some-people-create-with-words-or-with-mu_715891.jpg) > [Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/having-a-true-faith-is-the-most-difficult-thing-in-the-world-many/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/steve-prefontaine-10079_difficult_having-a-true-faith-is-the-most-difficul_1024894.jpg) > [What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/what-kind-of-crazy-nut-would-spend-two-or-three-hours-a-day-just/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/steve-prefontaine-10079_crazy_what-kind-of-crazy-nut-would-spend-two-o_1230712.jpg) > [If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/if-you-fail-to-prepare-prepare-to-fail/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/steve-prefontaine-10079_auditions_if-you-fail-to-prepare-prepare-to-fail-2_2015115.jpg) ## Other authors on Marathon - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kathrine-switzer-55627.jpg) Kathrine Switzer 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/kathrine-switzer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paula-radcliffe-74289.jpg) Paula Radcliffe 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/paula-radcliffe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeff-galloway-48346.jpg) Jeff Galloway 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/jeff-galloway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ryan-hall-81961.jpg) Ryan Hall 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/ryan-hall/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hal-higdon-40057.jpg) Hal Higdon 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/hal-higdon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-haile-gebrselassie-39988.jpg) Haile Gebrselassie 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/haile-gebrselassie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-shorter-35842.jpg) Frank Shorter 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/frank-shorter/) - [Bill Rodgers 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/bill-rodgers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-summer-sanders-87891.jpg) Summer Sanders 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/summer-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-don-kardong-29861.jpg) Don Kardong 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/don-kardong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dean-karnazes-28243.jpg) Dean Karnazes 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/dean-karnazes/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/haruki-murakami/) ## More by Steve Prefontaine > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/as-far-as-being-a-coach-it-s-always-fascinated-me-it-s-a-greater/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/kids-made-fun-of-me-because-i-was-a-slow-learner-because-i-was/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [What does it prove, running in the AAU meet?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/what-does-it-prove-running-in-the-aau-meet/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/i-m-going-to-work-so-that-it-s-a-pure-guts-race-at-the-end-and-if-it/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/when-people-go-to-a-track-meet-they-re-looking-for-something-a-world/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [I'm the one who has made all the sacrifices. Those are my American records, not the country's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/i-m-the-one-who-has-made-all-the-sacrifices-those-are-my-american/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [A race is a work of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/a-race-is-a-work-of-art/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [The AAU doesn't care about the athletes; why should I care about them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/the-aau-doesn-t-care-about-the-athletes-why-should-i-care-about-them/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [Running gives me confidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/running-gives-me-confidence/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/to-hell-with-love-of-country-i-compete-for-myself/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/people-say-i-should-be-running-for-a-gold-medal-for-the-old-red-white/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/my-philosophy-is-that-i-m-an-artist-i-perform-an-art-not-with-a-paint/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/no-one-will-ever-win-a-5-000-meter-by-running-an-easy-two-miles-not/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/it-s-not-who-s-the-best-it-s-who-can-take-the-most-pain/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-prefontaine/i-decided-that-if-i-was-going-to-continue-in-track-that-i-didn-t-want/) [Steve Prefontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-prefontaine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/steve-prefontaine/#itemlist", "name": "4 Marathon Quotes By Steve Prefontaine", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. 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