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 Read Quote
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. Frank Shorter Read Quote
When I am totally race fit, I don’t worry about breathing or technique – they take care of themselves. Frank Shorter Read Quote
What you did was live on very little. I think all of us that were competing – Bill is the same way – you don’t need much to live. Frank Shorter Read Quote
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. Frank Shorter Read Quote
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. Frank Shorter Read Quote
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. Frank Shorter Read Quote
I think it is that parents just don’t kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it. Frank Shorter Read Quote
I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet. Frank Shorter Read Quote
