The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.

There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

God determines how fast you're going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.

If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you're a winner.

Everything you need is already inside.

Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine.

I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.