You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

- Steve Prefontaine

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

- Steve Prefontaine

I run to see who has the most guts.

- Steve Prefontaine

Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.

- Steve Prefontaine

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

- Steve Prefontaine

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

- Steve Prefontaine

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 en…

- Steve Prefontaine

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 ba…

- Steve Prefontaine

What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

- Steve Prefontaine