All Bill Bowerman Quotes
- There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people. Bad
- A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting… Basic
- Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won. Best
- If someone says, 'Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?' ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?.... The… Difference
- I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential. Any
- God determines how fast you're going to run; I can help only with the mechanics. Determine
- Several 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… Athlete
- I 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… Age
- There is no bad weather, just soft runners. Bad
- The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart. Heart
- If you have a body, you are an athlete! Athlete
- Everything you need is already inside. Already Inside
- It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission. Ask
- This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200 years. From 776… Act
- Men of Oregon, I invite you to become students of your events. Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon which to be… Able
- Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine. Always Loved
- The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or… Better
- Don't give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat. Anything Away
- The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete. Athlete
- To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. Athlete
- A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. From
- The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles. Magic
- You don't run at the mouth, you run on the track. Mouth
- I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times, but they can always fulfill their own potential. Always Fulfill