Steve Prefontaine Race Quotations

Most people race to see who is the fastest, I race to see who has the most guts.

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

A race is a work of art.

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.

If you can't win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.

A lot of people run a race to see who is 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.

The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.