Bill Rodgers Quotes

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• 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

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

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, Winning, Race

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

  Bill Rodgers

  Life, Mean, Winning

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

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, Motivation, Normal

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

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  Softball, Sports, Running

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• The marathon can humble you.

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  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

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• 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

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

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  Running, Imagine, Hours

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• 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

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

  Bill Rodgers

  Marathon, Results, Interest

  Bill Rodgers, Matthew Shepatin (2013). “Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World”, p.293, Macmillan

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• 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

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• 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

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, Jobs, Commitment

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• I want to run until I can't run

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  Running, Want, I Can

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• 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

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  Running, Believe, Hills

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• 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.

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  Keys, Years, Goal

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• I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

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  Rain, Marathon, Ran

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

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  Motivational, Drinking, Athlete

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

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  Smart, Race, Views

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• 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

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

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  Change, Running, Giving

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• Hills are terrific for running

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  Running, Hills, Terrific

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• 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

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

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  Week, Hours, Beats

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• You cannot always run at your best.

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  Running

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• 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.

  Bill Rodgers

  Race, Feelings, Bombs

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