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Track And Field Coach Inspirational Quotes (44)

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I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where we need to address some issues he seems to have. He's had good marathon coaches - both Brad Hudson and me. He's figured out the fueling. He's got this incredible aerobic engine. But something's still wrong.
Alberto Salazar
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I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging.
Alberto Salazar
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I run four miles most days, at about 8:00 to 8:15 pace. It's totally relaxed.
Alberto Salazar
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I didn't give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn't understand the power of periodization.
Alberto Salazar
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You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner
Alberto Salazar
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Whatever we accomplish in life, if it's solely for our own good, then it doesn't mean that much. The things you do that affect others in a positive way are the ones that count. Whatever facet of life you're in, God has given you a gift do the best you can with that gift.
Alberto Salazar
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Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.
Alberto Salazar
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There are a lot of guys out there now who know they are not working as hard as other people. I can't fathom how they think.
Alberto Salazar
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If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.
Alberto Salazar
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You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.
Alberto Salazar
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With my runners now, they get two month-long breaks during the year.
Alberto Salazar
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Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27.
Alberto Salazar
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An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.
Alberto Salazar
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I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
Alberto Salazar
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Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? 'Don't overcoach.'
Bill Bowerman
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God determines how fast you're going to run I can help only with the mechanics.
Bill Bowerman
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If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.
Renato Canova
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Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine.
Bill Bowerman
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I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too.
Bill Bowerman
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[I am] loyal, ambitious and clever.
Mike Holloway
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Don't give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
Bill Bowerman
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I've never enjoyed my running more. I also do 200 sit-ups a day, 60 push-ups, and a lot of stretching. I've had some back issues. I think the stretching helps with that.
Alberto Salazar
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There's a competitive fire inside me. I can't get enough. I live to compete daily in my own life.
Mike Holloway
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
Bill Bowerman
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