Arthur Lydiard > Quotes

“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

“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

“Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.”
― Arthur Lydiard

“Train, don't strain.”
― Arthur Lydiard

“It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.”
― Arthur Lydiard

“No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athletes through, that burns them out.”
― Arthur Lydiard

“And, if we run regularly, we get ourselves into such good physical condition we can afford to indulge ourselves with occasional excesses. You can, for instance, eat a whole chocolate cake in the comfortable knowledge that you’re just replacing the calories you burned up on your last training run.”
― Arthur Lydiard, Running To The Top

“weight training under a weights instructor will help.”
― Arthur Lydiard, Running To The Top

“For every person killed in a road accident, nearly four dropped dead from heart disease.”
― Arthur Lydiard, Jogging with Lydiard