15 Quotes by Herb Elliott

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude-they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than physical conditioning, had to be stored up before a race.

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die.

I hadn’t a clue who I was racing against. All I knew was how I was going to race.

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 stimulator of my running was fear.