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.
BILL RODGERSHaving your goal to focus on is key, but don’t let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.
BILL RODGERSAnybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It’s the easiest sport.
BILL RODGERSBeing a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors – that is what motivates me.
BILL RODGERSMy guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.
BILL RODGERSI believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc
BILL RODGERSRunners…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 RODGERSMy biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
BILL RODGERSI can’t even imagine what it’s like to run for 5 or 6 hours.
BILL RODGERSRunning is a very natural activity. If you get too caught up, you find yourself constantly seeking to make running something that it isn’t.
BILL RODGERSI believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
BILL RODGERSTo be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year – but for a lifetime.
BILL RODGERSGood 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.
BILL RODGERSIf you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
BILL RODGERSDon’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 RODGERSI want to run until I can’t run
BILL RODGERSThe marathon can humble you.
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