Bill Rodgers Quotes

I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.

I am made for running. Because when you run, you could be anyone. You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body. You respond as a body, to the body. If you are racing to win, you have no thoughts but the body's thoughts, no goals but the body's goals. You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. You negate yourself in order to make it past the finish line.

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.

Every day, I need to get better. I need to get stronger. I need to get faster.

I'm going to finish my runs hard, and I'm going to try to set the tone.

I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.

Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good runner' because I am me. I am a good 'me' because I am a runner.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

Be free, and live life fully.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

In running, I can internalize that intensity. I can handle it because it's me and I'm coming back in the next race. I'm always ready for the next race.

For all the marathons I've run, including the Ironmans that I've run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I'm okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it's the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring.

People are so easily impressed by running, but I run pretty frequently.

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

My cousin Simon Bor, the champion of Los Angeles, convinced me to concentrate on running.

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.