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

“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.”

“Everything you need is already inside.”

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

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

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

“Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.”