Arthur Lydiard
Arthur Lydiard
Arthur Leslie Lydiard ONZ OBEwas a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularizing the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world. His training methods are based on a strong endurance base and periodisation...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth6 July 1917
Arthur Lydiard quotes about
running successful thinking
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.
running cutting ideas
The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.
running years effort
I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could
champion train
Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly
running athlete watches
Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.
running habit daily-habits
When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.
running motivation exercise
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.
champion needs streets
There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.
running men legs
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.
running athlete winning
Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.
running pain distance
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.
mean faces language
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.
discipline understanding matter
It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.
athlete admonition coaches
My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.