Bill Rodgers Quotes About Running

Quotes about: Running

• 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

  Softball, Sports, Running

• The marathon can humble you.

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, Humble, Boston Marathon

  Bill Rodgers, Matthew Shepatin (2013). “Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World”, p.274, Macmillan

• A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.

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  Change, Running, Giving

• 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

• 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

• 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.

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  Running, Real, Cake

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

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  Running, Knowing, Giving

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

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  Running, People, Celebration

• I want to run until I can't run

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  Running, Want, I Can

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

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  Motivational, Running, Feelings

• I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.

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  Running, Believe, Shoes

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

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, Tasks, Marathon

• 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.

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  Sports, Running, Simple

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

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  Running, Imagine, Hours

• You cannot always run at your best.

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  Running

• The most difficult part, when you decide to make running a part of your life style, is the basic initial commitment. Everybody says, 'I don't have the time.' It's up to you to say, 'I do have the time.' For me, beginning to run when I was a student was an ideal situation. However, I've also trained as much as 130 miles per week during periods when I worked a full-time job. It ultimately becomes second nature. It becomes a habit, a routine part of your daily life

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  Running, Jobs, Commitment

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

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  Running, Believe, Mean

• Hills are terrific for running

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  Running, Hills, Terrific

• 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

• 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

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