"It's nice to be great, but it's far greater to be nice."
- Joe Newton, cross country coach at York Community High School, 26 State titles.
"Perfecting the process daily is critical, absolutely essential, more so than setting that lofty goal out there because how many people set a goal and then a few weeks later, when they find out how hard the work is, they move on to something else? And then they move on to something else and move on to something else and they go through their lives moving on to something else. When I speak about perfecting a process, it does not just apply to running. It applies to everything you do in your life... schoolwork, relationships, family, everything. Everything as well as running."
"Normal has nothing to do with excellence. Excellence is a different approach all together. When one commits their mind, body, and soul to a path which is geared towards excellence, the only issue that remains is how high is up."
"Normal has nothing to do with excellence. Excellence is a different approach all together. When one commits their mind, body, and soul to a path which is geared towards excellence, the only issue that remains is how high is up."
"You know, everybody talks about the training, and yeah, certainly training, physical training is clearly essential, or else forget it. I mean, you can't just run fast on waking up in the morning and having a good attitude. But the fact is, you've got to believe in what you're doing. You've got to believe and trust your coaches. You've got to believe in the aim and the purpose of your program philosophy, and that's really what it's all about."
- Bill Aris, coach of six-time consecutive Nike Cross National Champions, Fayetteville-Manlius
