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