29 Quotes by Arthur Lydiard

Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.

You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.

There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.

They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is if there's anything wrong with them, they won't tell you. They'll get out there and run on one leg. They don't moan and groan like a lot of men do.

It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way.

They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.