Frank Shorter quotes

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older. (Frank Shorter)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer. View quote
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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. View quote
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Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off. View quote
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Hills are speedwork in disguise. View quote
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The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing. View quote
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You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe. View quote
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Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed. View quote
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In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis. (Frank Shorter)
Because running fast is more fun than running slow. View quote
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As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more. View quote
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When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs. View quote
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I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time. View quote
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The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared. View quote
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I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons. View quote
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I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop. View quote
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There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff. View quote
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Again, racing for me was about energy management. View quote
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I also held several masters running titles. (Frank Shorter)
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience. View quote
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Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time. View quote
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The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective. View quote
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I was actually going to law school in 1972. View quote
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Frank Shorter

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Occupation: American Athlete
Born: October 31, 1947
Quotes count: 36