Track and field, because it was something I could do by myself, one-on-one, me against everybody else. — Jim Thorpe
The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres. — Steve Ovett
If you want a simple strength and conditioning program, stick to the basics. Run your 400s and 800s, and do lots of power cleans and presses and long heavy sets of squats. — Mike Webster
I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever. — Victoria Pratt
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. — Gene Tunney
Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win. — Arthur Lydiard
I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.' — Haile Gebrselassie
My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field. — Bo Jackson
A runner must run with dreams in his heart. — Emil Zatopek
I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher. — Laurieann Gibson
A race track is a place where windows clean people. — Danny Thomas
Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. — Mao Zedong
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. — Emil Zatopek
Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport. — Bill Rodgers
The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. — Pierre de Coubertin
You don't need fancy sneakers to run fast — Jon Bon Jovi
My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet. — Carl Lewis
Durability is part of what makes a great athlete. — Bill Russell
Sports is the toy department of human life. — Howard Cosell
The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart. — Bill Bowerman
Track And Field Image Quotes
Success - See your goal; Understand the obstacles; Create a positive mental picture; Clear your mind of self doubt; Embrace the challenge; Stay on track; Show the world you can do it!
Inspirational Track And Field Quotes
Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential. — Marla Runyan
Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. — Paula Radcliffe
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. — Seneca
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. — Jesse Owens
It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse. — Ann Trason
There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us. — Grete Waitz
Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off. — Frank Shorter
Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of. — Lynn Jennings
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. — PattiSue Plumer
Throwing Quotes
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. — Winston Churchill
Because you won't get gun control by disarming law abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don't actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time. — Ronald Reagan
Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument — Ratan Tata
Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it. — Adrian Rogers
Throw dirt on my name, and I still come out clean — Lil Wayne
If people throw stones at you, pick 'em up and build something. — LeCrae
There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer, no disease that enough LOVE will not heal, no door that enough LOVE will not open, no gulf that enough LOVE will not bridge, no wall that enough LOVE will not throw down, no sin that enough LOVE will not redeem. — Emmet Fox
You don't throw rocks at a man with a machine gun! — Roddy Piper
Talking of first times Stephanie, I bet your first time was really memorable for you and the captain ot the football team .. and the basketball team .. and the softball team, the track team, the chess club and the pool boy! — Chris Jericho
It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world, but once you are in the dressing rooms you are nothing more than a dirty Negro. — Tommie Smith
Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport. — Chuck Norris
When overpowering authority or leadership intervenes in a team, it can affect the team by (1) throwing the team off track, (2) decreasing the motivation of the team, (3) reducing the commitment of the team members, and (4) causing more problems than solutions. — J. Richard Hackman
I actually got dared to audition for the dance team. All my track-and-field buddies dared me to audition, and I was one of the few guys who did it. — Harry Shum, Jr.
I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track. — Steve Mariucci
I always have to add to a team someone who is a highly tactile, list-oriented person who keeps us on track. And call them a COO or executive all-star, or whatever. I need to balance myself with people around this table who are much better at organizing, which is certainly a blind spot of mine. — Alexis Maybank
The most effective CEOs have a primary source for tracking their markets. They meet with their teams frequently enough to keep innovation flowing, to reduce and focus costs, to be energized. They create a tight agenda and they set high goals. — Michael J. Silverstein
I was on the high school track team, believe it or not, and played baseball, poorly but passionately. — Charles Kuralt
Running Track Quotes
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. — Marcus Aurelius
Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. — George S. Patton
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. — Oprah Winfrey
All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running. — Haile Gebrselassie
Attitude determines how well you do it. — Lou Holtz
Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly. — Amby Burfoot
I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way. — Arthur Lydiard
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I’ve always been an athlete at heart. — Vivica Fox
Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles. — Beverly Jones
I did try to come back and listen You never it..I didn't wish it But I did hear every answer ever question It's all about protection stil through the sunlight days I wait Track a ghost through the fog The sun is burning me And you come running out in the wind with me The ocean is your blanket. — Stevie Nicks
Easy is not a option..No days off..Never Quit..Be Fearless..Talent you have Naturally..Skill is only developed by hours and hours of Work — Usain Bolt
Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability. — Marla Runyan
They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face. — Arthur Lydiard
A goal is just an awesome way to force growth on yourself. — Deena Kastor
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. — Carl Lewis
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
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body. — Lynn Jennings
The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life. — Bruce Jenner
Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion. — Lorraine Moller
Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day. — Lauren Fleshman
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. — Wayne Gretzky
Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover? — Lauren Fleshman
Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started. — Steve Prefontaine
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it. — Brooks Johnson
You must see yourself run the race over and over, time and time again. You must put yourself in critical positions and see how you would react in those positions before the race so when and if they do happen, the feedback is automatic. — Rod Milburn
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. — Joan Benoit
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan
When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable. — Lauren Fleshman
Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it. — Joan Benoit
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it. — Sam Snead
If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. — Steve Prefontaine
Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going. — Joan Benoit
The awesome thing about failure is that it is only temporary. Embrace it, learn the lesson and come back blazing. — Joel Brown
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. — Steve Prefontaine
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. — Steve Prefontaine
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway. — Don Kardong
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner
If you can't win, make the one ahead of you break the record. — John McKeithen
Run like hell and get the agony over with. — Clarence DeMar
I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there. — Edwin Moses
When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side. — Florence Griffith Joyner
Track and field was very big when I was growing up. — Usain Bolt
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