"Miles make champions!"
"Miles make champions!"
"Training, Not Straining."
'Champions are everywhere.
You just have to train them properly.'
"The secret to a happy life is to get a Finnish wife and move to New Zealand."
Has nothing to do with running but it was my favorite.
"When you're feeling tired or jaded, run slow. So slow that old ladies with their handbags are passing you".
Another that's not Lydiard but close: Richard Taylor invited to dinner on the Queen Elizabeth's yacht following his 1974 Commonwealth 10,000 gold didn't know how to address her, so he kept calling her "Mrs. Queen".
Ha-ha, "Mrs. Queen." Brilliant.
Already said: "Champions are everywhere....."
Because it is so true.
2:12 is as fast as a man can run a marathon on a flat accurate course
From a clinic in Brussels: "The Americans are basically stupid. Once you understand this you've solved the riddle to distance running."
Quotesee wrote:
From a clinic in Brussels: "The Americans are basically stupid. Once you understand this you've solved the riddle to distance running."
This from a guy that couldn't use email.
"The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin"
(1965, long run day outside Auckland)
Schul wrote:
Quotesee wrote:From a clinic in Brussels: "The Americans are basically stupid. Once you understand this you've solved the riddle to distance running."
This from a guy that couldn't use email.
How many born in 1917 could?
"The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved."
"Join me for a beer"
And I did. Met him at a talk in Boulder. We had a common acquaintance. He invited me and my colleagues out for a beer after his talk. Great time!
Schul wrote:
Quotesee wrote:From a clinic in Brussels: "The Americans are basically stupid. Once you understand this you've solved the riddle to distance running."
This from a guy that couldn't use email.
I used to exchange e-mails with him. He just didn't really like e-mailing.
From Montreal Games when questioned about various distance athletes "How did know he would not win medal? That's easy he's American."
From Montreal Games when questioned about various distance athletes "How did know he would not win medal? That's easy he's American."
HRE wrote:
Schul wrote:This from a guy that couldn't use email.
I used to exchange e-mails with him. He just didn't really like e-mailing.
Dictated to his wife no doubt.
millennials are stupid wrote:
Schul wrote:This from a guy that couldn't use email.
How many born in 1917 could?
All of the ones that wanted to evolve. People who refuse to adapt are annoying.
My Dad is one of them.
Schul wrote:
millennials are stupid wrote:How many born in 1917 could?
All of the ones that wanted to evolve. People who refuse to adapt are annoying.
My Dad is one of them.
Maybe you should work on your relationship with your father instead of complaining that a guy who died in 2004 didn't like email. He won't be around forever either.