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Track And Field Athlete Inspirational Quotes (208)

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If my dreams can happen to me, your dreams can happen to you. Champions are not made on the track or field champions are made by the things you accomplish and the way you use your abilities in everyday life situations.
Bob Beamon
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If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men.
Florence Griffith Joyner
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My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.
David Rudisha
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I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.
Marion Jones
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(On returning to Austin to run at his collegiate stadium) It is almost like coming home with the crowd, the people, and it just brings it home for me. For me, it is a very special place, it is great energy, and again I always seem to run very well here. So I love coming back.
Leonel Manzano
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Maybe the reason faith is called faith is because seeing doesn't lead to belief, but belief transforms the way we see.
Josh Ross
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I've got to make sure I'm keeping weight on.
Allyson Felix
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An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.
Carl Lewis
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When you're growing up, you want to feel part of something.
Reese Hoffa
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When I grew up Carl Lewis was still running, Maurice Greene was running - he was that figure I see, like Michael Johnson. I really wanted to look up to the fast guys - so those two guys were some of the guys I looked up to.
Tyson Gay
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I eat 230 grams of protein daily, 308 grams of carbohydrates, maybe 70 grams of fat. I can have one cheat meal a week but it can't be that I eat until I'm stuffed I eat until I'm satisfied.
Tyson Gay
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Parents have to understand, that even if their child isn't showing athletic excellence in a certain sport, they still need to be involved. They don't need to be involved in a military type of setting, they just need to get out and play and enjoy themselves and find it themselves.
Allyson Felix
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I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.
Allyson Felix
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My indulgences are Skittles and rum raisin ice cream.
Sanya Richards-Ross
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My faith is the reason I run - it calms my heart and makes everything feel like a lift. My speed is definitely a gift from Him, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, He allows me to do it.
Allyson Felix
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There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting.
Jenn Suhr
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Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.
Lolo Jones
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I used to live on the other side of Canberra so it'd take me about 20-25-minutes to come into training. I was so thankful to have a car. Mum was also happy because she had all this extra time instead of driving me to training, waiting around, and then taking me home.
Melissa Breen
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I can be a voice. I can use my platform to help the younger generation. I think it's really important for them to understand how to do things the right way, and not just in sports, in life in general.
Allyson Felix
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I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.
David Rudisha
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Most people don't think about plyometrics when they think about powerful strength. But I do lots of them to build mine.
Allyson Felix
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Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.
Carl Lewis
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Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.
David Rudisha
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Everyone sees the glory moments, but they don't see what happens behind the scenes.
Allyson Felix
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