FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: bodybydesignonline.com

TRACK AND FIELD QUOTES
Quotes about Running
July 17, 2008
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I’m never going to run this again. Grete Waitz after the first of nine NYC Marathons
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Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity. Michael Johnson
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I started running in high school. I found out if you run fast then you can get girls. Kim Collins
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To be number one, you have to train like you're number two. Maurice Greene
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When the gun shoots, you got to go. Ato Boldon
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I became a great runner because if you’re a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you’ve got to become a great runner. Sebastian Coe
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I was pushed by myself because I have my own rule, and that is that every day I run faster, and try harder. Wilson Kipketer after being asked is the $50,000 prize on offer tempted him to break the world record.
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The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres. Steve Ovett
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World records are only borrowed. Sebastian Coe
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If a man coaches himself, then he has only himself to blame when he is beaten. Roger Bannister
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The will to win means nothing if you haven’t the will to prepare. Juma Ikangaa
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If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn’t run hard enough. Steve Jones
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Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder. William Sigei
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We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon. Emil Zatopek
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Running is a lot like life. Only 10 percent of it is exciting. 90 percent of it is slog and drudge. David Bedford
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School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty of runners on sports afternoons. Gordon Pirie
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I prefer to remain in blissful ignorance of the opposition. That way I’m not frightened by anyone’s reputation. Ian Thompson
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I ran for myself, not Finland. Paavo Nurmi
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The only tactics I admire are do-or-die. Herb Elliot
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First is first, and second is nowhere. Ian Stewart
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Mind is everything: muscle–pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. Paavo Nurmi
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Hills are speedwork in disguise. Frank Shorter
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