Ron Clarke Professions : Athlete Born : February 21, 1937 Died : June 17, 2015 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Ron Clarke The hardest step for a runner to take is the first one out the door. Ron Clarke steps doors firsts In my case, I thoroughly enjoy running 100-odd miles a week. If I didn't I wouldn't do it. Who can define happiness? To some, happiness is a warm puppy or a glass of cold beer. To me, happiness is running in the hills with my mates around me. Ron Clarke glasses beer running Love testing yourself more than fearing loosing Ron Clarke testing-yourself testing No one knows the fear in a front runner's mind more than me. When you set off at a cracking pace for four or five laps and find that your main rivals are still breathing down your neck, that's when you start to panic. Ron Clarke breathing mind running It makes me sick to see a superior runner wait behind the field until 200 meters to go and then sprint away. That is immoral. It's both an insult to the other runners and a denigration of his own ability. Ron Clarke sick fields waiting Worry about him? I never even heard of him. Ron Clarke heard worry running There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek. Ron Clarke greater men I got tired of seeing otherwise innocent young kids from all walks of life getting criminal records for, in effect, doing nothing more than millions of other people in society were doing with alcohol. Ron Clarke tired kids people Similar Authors Brian Urlacher athlete Brendan Brazier athlete Bill Rodgers athlete Aimee Mullins athlete Ivana Trump athlete Adam Goucher athlete All Authors
