Steve Prefontaine

"Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts."

- Steve Prefontaine

"Some run to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts."

- Steve Prefontaine

"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back."

- Steve Prefontaine

"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."

- Steve Prefontaine

""To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift.""

- Steve Prefontaine

"To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift."

- Steve Prefontaine

"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift."

- Steve Prefontaine

"A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding."

- Steve Prefontaine

"In every race, there’s a moment when you think you can’t go any further. That’s when you dig deep and find out what you’re really made of."

- 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."

- Steve Prefontaine

"Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring."

- Steve Prefontaine

"A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts."

- Steve Prefontaine