I had a dual goal in my running that was to win and to achieve excellence, so I was never happy with a slow tactical time. If the race were slow I would get in front and pull it up again. I couldn't stand a slow race. A lot of people seem to get screwed up on tactics. There is only one tactic in a race and that is to always be in a position where you can win it.
The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface. - Herb Elliott
The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface.
- Herb Elliott
The only tactics I admire are do-or-die - Herb Elliott
The only tactics I admire are do-or-die
The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top. - Herb Elliott
The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.
I had a dual goal in my running that was to win and to achieve excellence, so I was never happy with a slow tactical time. If the race were slow I wo… - Herb Elliott
I had a dual goal in my running that was to win and to achieve excellence, so I was never happy with a slow tactical time. If the race were slow I wo…
I hadn't a clue who I was racing against. All I knew was how I was going to race. - Herb Elliott
I hadn't a clue who I was racing against. All I knew was how I was going to race.
Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test. - Herb Elliott
Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.
Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude-they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than ph… - Herb Elliott
Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude-they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than ph…
I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimul… - Herb Elliott
I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimul…
It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits t… - Herb Elliott
It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits t…
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