Beats Quote by Steve Prefontaine

A winner forgets he's in a race, he just loves to run.

— Joe Pesci

“In the hundred-yard race the winner doesn’t cross the tape line a dozen strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches.”

— Sir John Templeton

If you see Michael Johnson running a race, and he beats someone by three strides, that's really dominating, but it's beautiful.

— Jessica Mendoza

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

— Steve Prefontaine

The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for every attack…

— Franz Stampfl

The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not…

— Caitlyn Jenner

My weakness might be that the guys with the longer legs can hold their top speed a little bit longer and might not slow…

— Christian Coleman

I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the…

— Mark Warkentin

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish…

— Steve Prefontaine

He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he…

— Haile Gebrselassie

“I managed to beat Michael Phelps’ 400 meter IM time. And not only did I beat his time, but I did it in exactly 200 meters.”

— Jarod Kintz

We are all racers at heart, and what we want to see is out and out racing, and may the quickest man win.

— Toto Wolff