Frank Shorter Quotes & Sayings

“Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.”

“A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.”

“You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.”

“Because running fast is more fun than running slow.”

“I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.”

“For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.”

“Again, racing for me was about energy management.”

“In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.”

“The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us.”

“To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.”