Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts. – Steve Prefontaine
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways theyre capable of understanding. – Steve Prefontaine
To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. – Steve Prefontaine
Im going to work so that its a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it. – Steve Prefontaine
I always loved running… it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. – Jesse Owens
Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967