Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
STEVE PREFONTAINESuccess isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
More Steve Prefontaine Quotes
-
-
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-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
My philosophy is that I’m an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
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 -
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
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 a style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
I run to see who has the most guts.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
Nobody likes tainted victories.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
A race is a work of art.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
I like to make something beautiful when I run … it’s style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
STEVE PREFONTAINE -
Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
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 -
What I want is to be number one.
STEVE PREFONTAINE