Steve Prefontaine Motivational Quotations

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

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

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 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.

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.