Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American middle and long-distance runner who competed in the 1972 Olympics. Prefontaine once held the American record in s...
"Most people race to see who is the fastest, I race to see who has the most guts." Steve Prefontaine
"Most people race to see who is the fastest, I race to see who has the most guts."
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Steve Prefontaine
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running? Steve Prefontaine
What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me. Steve Prefontaine
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
It really gets grim until the competition begins. 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-satisf Steve Prefontaine
It really gets grim until the competition begins. 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-satisf
"The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die." Steve Prefontaine
"The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die."
If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record. Steve Prefontaine
If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. Steve Prefontaine
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
"I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting." Steve Prefontaine
"I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting."
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. 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 can win it.
I'll tell you one thing. I love every one of them. I've thought about the Olympic Games every day of my life since 1968, but there is a breaking point in each race when you wonder if all the sacrifice is really worth it. You think 'why should I do thi Steve Prefontaine
I'll tell you one thing. I love every one of them. I've thought about the Olympic Games every day of my life since 1968, but there is a breaking point in each race when you wonder if all the sacrifice is really worth it. You think 'why should I do thi
A lot of people run a race to see who is the 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. Steve Prefontaine
A lot of people run a race to see who is the 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.
