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Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.
Arthur Lydiard
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Arthur Lydiard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1917
Born: July 6
Died: 2004
Died: December 11
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Arthur Leslie Lydiard
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There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.
Arthur Lydiard
I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a year. I get more gratification from that than putting a person in the Olympic Games. The Olympic athlete probably doesn't appreciate what you've done, but the other guy does. I think it's really rewarding.
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When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.
Arthur Lydiard
Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly
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I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could
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They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.
Arthur Lydiard
They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is if there's anything wrong with them, they won't tell you. They'll get out there and run on one leg. They don't moan and groan like a lot of men do.
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Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.
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I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way.
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