Triathlon Quotes

• It never gets easier; you just go faster.

  Greg LeMond

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Greg LeMond, Mark Hom (2014). “The Science of Fitness: Power, Performance, and Endurance”, p.122, Academic Press

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• I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously.

  Alistair Brownlee

  Sports, Years, Trying

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in a heap, puking on the roadside. It's the physical brutality of climbing Mount Everest without the great view from the top of the world. What kind of person keeps coming back for more of that?

  Chris McCormack

  Soccer, Sports, Baseball

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• You need to save some mental, physical, and emotional resources for enhancing your product after you ship. A revolution is a triathlon, not a hundred-yard dash-it requires long distance stamina and multiple skills such as creating, churning, and evangelizing.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Distance, Emotional, Skills

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• The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?

  Lance Armstrong

  Hard Work, Riding Your Bike, Answers

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• Ironman distance triathlons are a true test of oneself as a whole. Each race is a test of physical, mental and spiritual toughness that I haven't found in any other type of racing. At the end of the day, challenging myself on all levels is what it's about for me.

  Timothy O'Donnell

  Spiritual, Distance, Race

  "Triathlon Gear". Interview with Chris Aung-Thwin, www.askmen.com.

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• If I'm going to be working out two hours a day, I may as well have a goal... and I'm pretty competitive by nature. A triathlon is a new fun thing.

  Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann

  Fun, Two, Work Out

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• Triathlon is a very friendly sport. You can make friends quite easily. You don't have to be the most talented person. I was never outstanding at any one of the disciplines, but if you're dedicated and you're willing to put the time in, you can really achieve some good results.

  Helen Jenkins

  Sports, Discipline, Friendly

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• In triathlon you don't get to race that much so when you're on the start line you just need to make sure you focus on the job in hand and enjoy yourself.

  Alistair Brownlee

  Jobs, Race, Hands

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• The main thing with triathlon is you've got to be as fit as you can. I train all year round.

  Alistair Brownlee

  Years, Fit, Train

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• When I was a runner and competing in triathlons I was having pains in my hip and just treating it as an injury. I would ice it and take anti-inflammatories, but it just wouldn't go away. I finally went into my doctor and we did x-rays and had an MRI and diagnosed it as osteoarthritis. At that point I stopped doing anything that was impactful to my hip joints.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Pain, Doctors, Ice

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• I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency .

  Kristin Armstrong

  Agency, Quitting, Advertising

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• Not everybody is going to run a marathon or do a triathlon. It's not necessary to do that to be in good health.

  Michelle Obama

  Running, Marathon, Good Health

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• The transitions will be tough because of the nature of a triathlon, you have to get changed and dry off or whatever. But this is going to be even harder because I have to do all that, then speak on the radio, do an interview with local telly, do some press and some interviews.

  Greg James

  Transition, Dry, Radio

  "Greg James' Gregathlon for Sport Relief". Interview with Stephanie Soh, in.askmen.com.

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• The sport is definitely growing, and has become much more competitive. When I started, you were either a former swimmer or runner who took up triathlons. Now, you have a generation of triathletes coming up that started competing at a young age - these are the people that will change the game.

  Timothy O'Donnell

  Sports, Games, People

  "Triathlon Gear". Interview with Chris Aung-Thwin, www.askmen.com.

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• I can't eat whatever I want, definitely not. I'm always controlled because I do a lot of fitness and triathlons, not just Formula One, so I always make sure I eat the right things.

  Jenson Button

  Want, Formulas, Controlled

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• I work with a place in Santa Monica called Phase IV. My doctor recommended them to me when I started losing weight. They help people train for things like triathlons or biking and running races. They offer physical therapists, testing, lectures.

  Drew Carey

  Running, Doctors, Race

  "Drew Carey: 'I feel like I'm aging in reverse". Interview with Mary Brophy Marcus, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 8, 2011.

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• For me, triathlons were something that was down to me and my fitness. Now, I really enjoy the pain in the triathlon of chasing someone down. It's a bit like chasing down Nico Rosberg in the last few laps at Silverstone - it makes you feel alive.

  Jenson Button

  Pain, Lap, Alive

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• Triathlon has quite a short season. It only runs from May to September so there's a lot of time when you're not racing. So I try to set myself the target of doing a certain amount of training every week and things like that.

  Alistair Brownlee

  Running, Racing, Training

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

  Martha McSally

  Hawaii, Pilots, Fighter

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• I don't run the triathlons anymore like I used to. I do leg work on the machines and do the bike. I'm not as strong as I used to be, but I'm still good.

  Pat Bowlen

  Running, Strong, Machines

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• Ask the guys who are doing serious triathlons if there are any limits to what can be done. The limit is right here. You've got to get physically fit between the ears. Muscles don't know anything. They have to be taught.

  Jack LaLanne

  Guy, Ears, Limits

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• I've been an exercise maniac most of my adult life, running marathons and triathlons, doing that as a regular way of life. I ran eight miles a day, every day for 29 years.

  Wayne Dyer

  Running, Exercise, Eight

  "Live from a Place of Love: An Interview with Wayne Dyer". Interview with Paul Sutherland, spiritualityhealth.com. March 28, 2012.

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• I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.

  Stephen Mangan

  Couple, Race, Done

  "Balanced?". Interview with Stevie Brown, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2006.

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• I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side of driving a struggle any more.

  Jenson Button

  Running, Struggle, Mean

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