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

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.

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.

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

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

My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.

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