The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
BILL BONNERThe athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
BILL BONNERSo it’s a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what’s good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
BILL BONNERA man’s wealth can…also be measured by what he doesn’t have and doesn’t want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.
BILL BONNERSeveral 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 BONNERA teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
BILL BONNERA teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
BILL BONNERIf at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
BILL BONNERNorman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings…pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their own lives.
BILL BONNERThe US is headed for ruin and revolution. The revolution will almost certainly be put down, violently. But the ruin cannot be stopped.
BILL BONNERHarness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
BILL BONNERIf you have a body, you are an athlete!
BILL BONNERA man on his owns knows that he is best advised to leave his dumbbell neighbors alone. But let him join a political party, and he fantasizes that he has the right and the power to tell everyone on the block what to do.
BILL BONNERNone of the problems that caused the crises in Europe and America have been resolved. They have been delayed and expanded by more debt and more money printing and will lead to more and worse crises.
BILL BONNERDon’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
BILL BONNERVictory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.
BILL BONNERI think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he’s a student, how’s he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that’s an important form of sport and recreation, too.
BILL BONNER