"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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“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
“I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority.”
“Thought is fugitive; the mind does not repeat itself; if you do not catch the whisperings of the oracle as they come to you, they are lost forever. You must-and this is absolutely essential-convince yourselves that what is offered you this very moment will never be offered again.”
“Daily and hourly, the politician inwardly has to overcome a quite trivial and all-too-human enemy: a quite vulgar vanity.”
“There is always some madness in love.”
“News is also an acronym for what people need to know, what they should know and what they want to know. If it's in one of those categories then I will do the story.”
“I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.”
“He who awaits much can expect little.”

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