Frank Shorter
Frank Shorter
Frank Charles Shorteris an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic successes, along with the achievements of other American runners, are credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth31 October 1947
CityMunich, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
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.
You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can then begin to reach your potential.
To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.
Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.
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.