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
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
To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. – Steve Prefontaine
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be. – George Sheehan