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Track And Field Athlete Inspirational Quotes (208)

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It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous.
Marion Jones
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I struggled to stay on the pace there in the back half. But, at the end of the day I wanted to win this race. The Millrose is a prestigious event and it's definitely something I wanted to do in my career.
Kim Conley
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Being a role model is a privilege.
Allyson Felix
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Quite honestly, there are days when I don't need a God who will deliver me from the pit, just a God who will get down in a pit with me.
Josh Ross
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Why do you need to brake? Find your place, just be confident, and drive into it.
Melissa Breen
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Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But for me, I've always been able to block it out. For a sprint race, it's important not to get distracted.
Allyson Felix
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Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back and being their leader, I want to also be the warrior in the Olympics. That will be something good because that will be the first Olympic gold medal for the Maasai.
David Rudisha
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I'm just competitive. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to win.
Allyson Felix
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It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God. It was probably towards the end of high school in my senior year when things really started to come together and I realized that I had more potential and that I could do this as a career and that the Olympics were a possibility.
Allyson Felix
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It was not until the end of my freshman year in high school that I thought I could really have a future in track and field. I definitely did not think I could make it to the Olympics back then, though I was just focused on making it to the state finals!
Allyson Felix
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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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When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.
David Rudisha
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The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold.
David Rudisha
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I lift weights and I run, thats what I do.
Tyson Gay
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The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.
Marion Jones
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After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.
Carl Lewis
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I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.
Carl Lewis
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
Carl Lewis
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You forget that sometimes people are out there to get you - they don't even have a reason.
Marion Jones
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Focus on the victory instead of on everything that could go wrong.
Sanya Richards-Ross
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I definitely think I put more pressure on myself. I can be hard on myself and super-critical and very rarely satisfied or happy. I am my biggest critic.
Allyson Felix
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I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.
Florence Griffith Joyner
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When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you remember the whole process of losing her, you want to grab on to something that makes you whole.
Reese Hoffa
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Get involved in everything you've ever dreamed of doing.
Marion Jones
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