Steve Prefontaine- Former Athlete (In a Nutshell)
- Steve Prefontaine was born in the United States on January 25th, 1951 and lived until May 30th, 1975.
- He was a Long-distance runner.
- “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.”- Steve Prefontaine
- “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”- Steve Prefontaine
Steve Prefontaine- Former Athlete (Nitty Gritty)
- “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.”- Steve Prefontaine
- “When people go to a track meet, they’re looking for something, a world record, something that hasn’t been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.”- Steve Prefontaine
Steve Prefontaine- Former Athlete (What set him apart)
- “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 who 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.”- Steve Prefontaine
- “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.”- Steve Prefontaine
Steve Prefontaine- Former Athlete (Final Thoughts)
- “If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.”- Steve Prefontaine
- “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.”- Steve Prefontaine
- “A race is a work of art that people can look and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.”- Steve Prefontaine