93 Quotes by Steve Prefontaine

Don’t let fatigue make a coward out of you.

Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame someone else.

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.

I can endure more pain then anyone you’ve met. That’s why I win, because I can endure more pain.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn’t do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

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 back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

If you can’t win your race, make sure the guy ahead of you breaks the record.