Moving Quote by Bill Rodgers

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

— Bill Rodgers

The marathon can humble you.

— Bill Rodgers

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.

— Bill Rodgers

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

— Bill Rodgers

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

— Bill Rodgers

I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training…

— Bill Rodgers

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…

— Bill Rodgers

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

— Bill Rodgers

You cannot always run at your best.

— Bill Rodgers

Runners...you're competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we…

— Bill Rodgers

I like rain, actually.

— Bill Rodgers

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

— Bill Rodgers