Bill Bowerman

Men of Oregon, I invite you to become students of your events. Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon…

— Bill Bowerman

The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by…

— Bill Bowerman

Don't give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.

— Bill Bowerman

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…

— Bill Bowerman

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a…

— Bill Bowerman

Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine.

— Bill Bowerman

If someone says, 'Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?' ignore him! What the hell difference does…

— Bill Bowerman

If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you're a winner.

— Bill Bowerman

The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.

— Bill Bowerman

Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.

— Bill Bowerman

God determines how fast you're going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.

— Bill Bowerman

God determines how fast you're going to run; I can only help with the mechanics.

— Bill Bowerman

The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.

— Bill Bowerman

I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times, but they can always fulfill their…

— Bill Bowerman

There is no bad weather, just soft runners.

— Bill Bowerman

It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

— Bill Bowerman

I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's…

— Bill Bowerman

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.

— Bill Bowerman

There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

— Bill Bowerman

You don't run at the mouth, you run on the track.

— Bill Bowerman

To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

— Bill Bowerman