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Track And Field Athlete Inspirational Quotes (208)

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Success is doing everything you could the right way and saying man, I did the best I could - that's success.
Aries Merritt
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I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.
Carl Lewis
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I never let track define me. That's something that's really important to me. That's what I do and it's what I love, but I think by having other things I'm passionate about and interested in, it helped me to come back. It helped me to have renewed love for the sport by being able to step away and then come back.
Allyson Felix
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
Carl Lewis
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To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
Carl Lewis
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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
Carl Lewis
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My career has always been one of the most important things, but after having a baby you find that it drops down on the totem pole.
Marion Jones
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Right now I'd say my favorite fashion designer is Zac Posen.
Allyson Felix
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It was a lot to get used to, especially in warm-ups with the wind all over the place. As the meet went on it steadied out, so I was able to get some good looks to go back and train from.
Jenn Suhr
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I really believe in the last name Hoffa being something powerful. You want to live your life to bring honor to that name.
Reese Hoffa
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I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them.
Florence Griffith Joyner
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The pressure is hard. You get - the world is only watching every four years, and I think lots of people feel like they have to win in that time frame.
Allyson Felix
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Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.
Carl Lewis
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Believe it or not, Twitter calms me down. I enjoy interacting with people.
Lolo Jones
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We all lose sight sometimes, but when we find our way again we are not only 2x stronger but we can see where we need to be, where we should be, and most importantly we understand why we are not there already.
Ian Warner
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I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. May His will be done.
Lolo Jones
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I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.
Tyson Gay
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Most people do not know themselves. The real you is not that person you are when times are great, the real you shows when everything goes wrong. Can you hold on, can you keep pushing or do you quit?
Ian Warner
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Sometimes bad things are going to happen in your life, and those things can make you stronger if you just learn how to get over them.
Lolo Jones
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
Carl Lewis
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I feel as healthy as I've ever felt.
Sanya Richards-Ross
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
Carl Lewis
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
Carl Lewis
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I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me to stay at school and finish my exams. Even if I had gone and won the Olympics, I might not have handled the pressure. So I moved on.
David Rudisha
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