When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way.

I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could

The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.

You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.

Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.