“Everything you need is already inside.”

“If you have a body, you are an athlete”

“I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to runany record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.”

“Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is 'Don't overcoach.”

“There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.”

“Governments do not create, individuals create. Every invention was once just a thought inside someones head.”

“Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some person ever reads.”