Quotes by Steve Prefontaine

What I want is to be number one.

#Steve Prefontaine

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

#Steve Prefontaine

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,'...

#Steve Prefontaine

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

#Steve Prefontaine

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and...

#Steve Prefontaine

I run to see who has the most guts.

#Steve Prefontaine

How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win...

#Steve Prefontaine

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

#Steve Prefontaine

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've...

#Steve Prefontaine