Track And Field Quotes - Page 4

• Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.

  Chuck Norris

  Sports, Country, Track

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• Surprisingly, maybe the place I get recognised the least is the United States. America is not so big on track and field. Some recognise me there but lots don't.

  Usain Bolt

  America, Track, United States

  "Usain Bolt talks secret post-season parties, fame and the fear of losing". Interview with Alastair Campbell, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. August 15, 2016.

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• I began with track and field because this is what I know.

  Sergei Bubka

  Track, Fields, Knows

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• I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.

  Stephan James

  Basketball, Volleyball, Track

  Source: screenrant.com

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• I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

  Dan O'Brien

  College, Track, Fields

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• It is a testament to the fundamental honesty of football that Israel, with nothing to play for, overcame Russia in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The sport has its faults, but this basic trust is the reason Wembley holds 80,000 and could take more and the track and field venue for the London Olympics will be reduced after the event to the same capacity as the home of Wigan Athletic.

  Martin Samuel

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

  Jesse Owens

  Motivational, Air, Feet

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One chance is all you need.

  Jesse Owens

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

  Carl Lewis

  Athlete, Track, The End Of The Day

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• I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Track, Fields, Knows

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• I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.

  Mia Hamm

  Gymnastics, Swimming, Track

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• When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.

  Doris Brown Heritage

  Running, Race, Lines

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• The only job worse is a javelin catcher at a track - and - field meet.

  Gump Worsley

  Funny, Jobs, Hockey

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• If you can't win, make the one ahead of you break the record.

  John McKeithen

  Sports, Running, Winning

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• I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Soccer, Baseball, Hockey

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• Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

  Paavo Nurmi

  Motivational, Sports, Running

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• The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

  Ken Doherty

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

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• If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

  Carl Lewis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

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• A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

  Jesse Owens

  Motivational, Sports, Quilts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my senior year, when I couldn't be a Girl Scout anymore. I was in clubs like Junior Achievement, and I ran track and field. My grades were good, but then toward 11th grade they were nothing. I always went to summer school.

  Amy Sedaris

  Girl, Summer, Senior

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. January 21, 2004.

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• A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Pain, Race

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• If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Inspirational Running, Track, Auditions

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• And you want to know why track and field is dying in this country? Kids today can watch Kobe Bryant go end-to-end and Randy Moss run a down-and-out and Ichiro Suzuki go from first to third and they will see it start to finish, in real time, the outcome happening before their eyes. But the men's 400 relay finals at the world championships? On your mark, get set . . . we'll show it to you in four hours on another network.

  Mike Penner

  Sports, Country, Running

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• I would be inclined to say 'if you are not willing to cooperate and follow the rules of your international federation you are not the right track and field association to be part of the USOC.

  Dick Pound

  Track, Would Be, Association

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