Bill Rodgers Quotes

The marathon can humble you.

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

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

No one who works a forty hour week will ever beat me.

I want to run until I can't run

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

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

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

Hills are terrific for running

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

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

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

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

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.

Every time I bomb out, I have to come back. I have a feeling after a bad race that my next one will be good.

You cannot always run at your best.

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

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.

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.

Age 50 is a lot tougher than 40s

Every race is totally different.

The marathon will humble you. But the truth is, sometimes it will do more than humble you. Sometimes it will break your heart.