Bill Rodgers famous quotes

To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Mean #Years

I often lose motivation, but it's something I accept as normal.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Motivation #Normal

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Winning #Race

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Sports #Running #Moving

Being a runner means you are now 'free' to win and lose and live life to its fullest.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Life #Mean #Winning

The marathon can humble you.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Humble #Marathon

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Marathon #Results #Interest

A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Change #Running #Giving

Don't feel guilty about driving somewhere nice to run. If people can drive to a park to eat hot dogs, you can drive there to run.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Dog #Nice

I want to run until I can't run
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Want

Runners are the ultimate celebration people. Running is just so intense, you're really experiencing life to the fullest.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #People #Celebration

Good health, peace of mind, being outdoors, camaraderie - those are all wonderful things that come to you when running. But for me, the real pull of running - the proverbial icing on the cake - has always been racing.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Real #Cake

Being a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors - that is what motivates me.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Knowing #Giving

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Rain #Marathon #Ran

The advice I have for beginners is the same philosophy that I have for runners of all levels of experience and ability -- consistency, a sane approach, moderation and making your running an enjoyable, rather than dreaded, part of your life.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Philosophy #Advice

Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Smart #Race #Views

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Motivational #Running #Feelings

Running is a very natural activity. If you get too caught up, you find yourself constantly seeking to make running something that it isn't. You should let it be what it is - a very simple activity. Running has become too complicated for many people and they wind up turning sour on the sport, or losing the focus of their direction.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Sports #Running #Simple

Hills are terrific for running
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Hills

Age 50 is a lot tougher than 40s
-- Bill Rodgers

#Age

I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Believe #Hills

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Believe #Mean

Every race is totally different.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Race #Different

I can't even imagine what it's like to run for 5 or 6 hours.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Imagine #Hours

Runners...you're competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Fun #Thinking

Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Tasks #Marathon

My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Motivational #Drinking #Athlete

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Distance #Athlete #Drug

The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Sports #New York #Lines

I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Race #Training #Body

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running #Believe #Shoes

Personally, I always felt times aren't so excellent as are performances.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Excellence #Excellent #Performances

Having your goal to focus on is key, but don't let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Keys #Years #Goal

You cannot always run at your best.
-- Bill Rodgers

#Running