Track And Field Quotes

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

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

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn’t matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.

I love sports. I’ve played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

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.

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

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

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.

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.

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win… channel your energy. Focus.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.