93 Quotes by Steve Prefontaine

What I like most about track is the feeling I get inside after a good run.

If you can make money with your talents, why not?

I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose.

It's hard to run a mile when you're not a miler and to kick when you've led all the way.

I don't care about being on television.

If I want to go to Europe and get thrashed by the Europeans, that's my business. Every race I lose I learn from and get tougher.

I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.

What does it prove, running in the AAU meet?

Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen.