Quotes by Frank Shorter

About Frank Shorter:

Frank Charles Shorter is 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.
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Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood.

Frank Shorter

Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.

Frank Shorter

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.

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.

Frank Shorter

In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.

Frank Shorter

It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.

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.

Frank Shorter

You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.

Frank Shorter

Again, racing for me was about energy management.

Frank Shorter

Because running fast is more fun than running slow.

Frank Shorter

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 po...

Frank Shorter

Hills are speedwork in disguise.

Frank Shorter

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

Frank Shorter

I also held several masters running titles.

Frank Shorter

I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.

Frank Shorter

My goal is to break three hours in a marathon.

Frank Shorter

I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.

Frank Shorter

Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off.

Frank Shorter

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.

Frank Shorter

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.

Frank Shorter

Author Bio

  • NameFrank Shorter
  • DescriptionAmerican long-distance runner
  • AliasesFrank Charles Shorter
  • BornOctober 31, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson; Marathon Runner; Long-distance Runner