Coaches Quote by Gerry Lindgren

I got into running when I was being mentored by my coach. I tried it and developed a passion for it.

— Eliud Kipchoge

Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my…

— Lou Holtz

I never grew up a runner. I never thought of myself as somebody that was fit or somebody that could advocate for that and…

— Andi Dorfman

When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.

— David Rudisha

One of my biggest ambitions was to perform well at championships - I knew if I did that I was going to run fast…

— Colin Jackson

I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life.

— Haile Gebrselassie

I needed somebody to love me, and the people that I chose were my coaches. I would sacrifice my body to be successful for…

— Steve Largent

I once finished first on my running team, then the coach asked me where everyone else is

— Hussein Nishah

I didn't start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to.…

— Haruki Murakami

I can't coach anymore. I want to run a team.

— Larry Brown

My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely a gift from…

— Allyson Felix

I didn't have the passion for athletics in that way, that there were other parts of me that felt under-served and that needed to…

— Mahershala Ali