Lydiard Quotes

#1. Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

Arthur Lydiard

#2. Train, don't strain.

Arthur Lydiard

#3. The urge is to create. The outcome belongs to God.

Sophy Burnham

#4. The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.

Arthur Lydiard

#5. My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.

Arthur Lydiard

#6. If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.

Arthur Lydiard

#7. Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.

Evan Dando

#8. I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could

Arthur Lydiard

#9. As a teenager, I was really interested in drama and art. I did painting and drawing. I did some acting and loved theater.

Sarah Gavron

#10. Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly

Arthur Lydiard

#11. You cannot prepare enough for anything.

James Galway

#12. No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athletes through, that burns them out.

Arthur Lydiard

#13. I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted.

Brandon Sanderson

#14. Add these affirmations:
"Bright LifeParticles are energizing my body."
"Every cell in my body vibrates with energy and health.

Ilchi Lee

#15. It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

Arthur Lydiard

#16. Philosopher and author Dr. Wayne Dyer calls the ego "edge god out." It is the process of disconnecting with the creative, true force of the universe. It is the process of making you separate from it, others, nature, and the universe.

Emily Maroutian

#17. They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is if there's anything wrong with them, they won't tell you. They'll get out there and run on one leg. They don't moan and groan like a lot of men do.

Arthur Lydiard

#18. When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.

Arthur Lydiard

#19. At the end of the day, everything is God's plan, and he cares about what we do. He cares about our hearts, how we play the game, and how we treat people. He's definitely involved with how we handle sports and not just the outcome of it. I'm proud when athletes mention God in any way.

Tim Tebow

#20. Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.

Arthur Lydiard

#21. They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It's the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn't have sisu, that's like spitting in his face.

Arthur Lydiard

#22. I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better.

Eddie Izzard

#23. If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

Shirley M Hufstedler

#24. There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

Arthur Lydiard

#25. I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't write. No one needs your writing. Don't torture yourself.'

Lorrie Moore

#26. Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.

Arthur Lydiard

#27. I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way.

Arthur Lydiard

#28. The less one knows about oneself, the more one enjoys talking about oneself

Guy Finley

#29. You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.

Arthur Lydiard