Steve Prefontaine

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die. ↗

— Steve Prefontaine

#inspirational

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

— Steve Prefontaine

#hey #him #i #inside #just

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

#end #going #guts #i #i am

I run to see who has the most guts. ↗

— Steve Prefontaine

#i #most #run #see #who

What I want is to be number one. ↗

— Steve Prefontaine

#number #want

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. ↗

— Steve Prefontaine

#even #exhausting #fastest #guts #himself

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

#art #capable #look #many #people

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

#always #back #comes #down #given

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

— Steve Prefontaine

#bleed #going #may #me #somebody

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

— Steve Prefontaine

#best #gift #give #less #sacrifice