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...
A lot of people run to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts. Steve Prefontaine
A lot of people run to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.
"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."
"How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'Your too small Pre', 'Your not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN." Steve Prefontaine
"How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'Your too small Pre', 'Your not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN."
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
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
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.
There are big odds against me. Nobody under 25 has ever won the Olympic five. But if everything goes right, whoever wins will know he has been in one helluva race. Steve Prefontaine
There are big odds against me. Nobody under 25 has ever won the Olympic five. But if everything goes right, whoever wins will know he has been in one helluva race.
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.
Some people create with words, or with music, or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's style. It's do Steve Prefontaine
Some people create with words, or with music, or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's style. It's do
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways as they're capable of understanding. Steve Prefontaine
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways as they're capable of understanding.
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'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.