Lydiard Training Quotes & Sayings

Having read the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the great and little cemeteries, Wang Peng advised the Emperor to kill all the living and resurrect the dead. — Paul Eldridge

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

The human will stands beyond all circumstances. Everything must go down before the will, for that comes from God Himself; a pure and a strong will is omnipotent. Before it all the powers, even of nature, must bow down, succumb, and become its servants - the strong gigantic, infinite will in man. — Swami Vivekananda

Train, don't strain. — Arthur Lydiard

[A writer] should try not to be too far, personally, below the level of his work. — Elizabeth Bowen

I start laughing. You have to laugh. Life is just funny sometimes. As long as you remember. — E.R. Frank

No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much. — Jim Gaffigan

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