Best Track And Field Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 2

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”

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Author:Steve Prefontaine

“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.”

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Author:Steve Prefontaine

“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.”

“A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.”

“I run to see who has the most guts.”

“I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my senior year, when I couldn't be a Girl Scout anymore. I was in clubs like Junior Achievement, and I ran track and field. My grades were good, but then toward 11th grade they were nothing. I always went to summer school.”

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Author:Amy Sedaris

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.”

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Book:An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard

Source: An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard

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

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Author:Usain Bolt

“I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.”

Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography

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

“It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”

“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

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Author:Jim Ryun

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

“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”

“The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”

“The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.”

“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.”

“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.”

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

“Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.”

“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.”

Source: Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field

“Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.”

“You can't win them all but you can try.”

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Author:Babe Didrikson Zaharias

“Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.”

“Good things come slow, especially in distance running.”

“I want my time spent running to serve as a reward.”

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Book:Olympic gold: a runner's life and times

Source: Olympic gold: a runner's life and times

“I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.”

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Author:Wayne Gretzky

“The only job worse is a javelin catcher at a track - and - field meet.”

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Author:Gump Worsley

“Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off.”

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Author:Frank Shorter

“Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going.”

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Author:Joan Benoit

“Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.”

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Author:Joan Benoit

“Running is in my blood-the adrenaline flows before the races, the love/hate of butterflies in your stomach.”

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Author:Marcus O'Sullivan

“Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.”

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Book:The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What 35 Years of Running Have Taught Me About Winning, Losing, Happiness, Humility, and the Human Heart

Source: The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What 35 Years of Running Have Taught Me About Winning, Losing, Happiness, Humility, and the Human Heart

“Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.”

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Author:Lauren Fleshman

“Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.”

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Author:Joan Benoit

“When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.”

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Author:Doris Brown Heritage

“There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.”

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Author:Grete Waitz