There is no bad weather, just soft runners..

This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200 years. From 776 B.C. to 393 A.D.,….

If you have a body, you are an athlete!.

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your curr….

If someone says, 'Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?' ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?.... The magic is in the ma….

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

The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most….

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

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

Don't give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat..

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils..

I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at t….

Everything you need is already inside..

To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world..

Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. ….

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

Men of Oregon, I invite you to become students of your events. Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon which to be exhausting o….

Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won..

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

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

It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission..