Arthur Lydiard
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Biography
Arthur Leslie Lydiard was 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 popularising the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world.
"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."
"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."
"Train, don't strain."
"Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition."