Steve Prefontaine

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

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

"Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative."

"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."

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