Athletics Quotes - Page 8

• The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes how people see women's athletics.

  Jennie Finch

  Sports, Thinking, People

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• David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Sports, Stars, Memories

  "Usain Bolt, a Collapse, and an Epic Beer Mile". Interview with Nicholas Thompson, www.newyorker.com. August 27, 2015.

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• I am doing what I do [athletics] because the fans love it and it's a part of me, it's my personality. I think people come to see you run fast, but they also come to see a show, a performance. They want to see a personality, and that's what I give them.

  Usain Bolt

  Running, Thinking, People

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• Being healthy isn't about inches, pounds, or how kids look - it's about how they feel and making sure they feel good about themselves. So rather than focusing on appearance, it's important to emphasize to kids that when we eat healthy food and stay active, we feel better, and we can perform better in everything we do, from athletics to academics.

  Michelle Obama

  Kids, Feel Better, Feel Good

  "Michelle Obama talks nutrition and 'wakeup call' moment in her family's past". Interview with Morgan Whitaker, www.aol.com. September 10, 2015.

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• I love coaching. I would probably be coaching. I would work in athletes and work with the youth. I would maybe do personal development and athletics. I would coach in high school or college.

  Donovin Darius

  Athlete, School, College

  Source: prointerviews.org

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• I can be whatever it takes to be a folksinger. Folk music to me, if we had to have a definition, is portable music. A lot of what I do is flash, gesture, athletics, but what it comes down to is getting across a melody that will help it stick to your ribs, and being able to take it from town to town.

  Vance Gilbert

  Ribs, Gestures, Definitions

  Source: www.minor7th.com

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• Athletics is a great sport with many different events and athletes come in all shapes and sizes. I'm one of the smallest athletes on the track. They call me the 'pocket rocket'.

  Jenny Meadows

  Sports, Athlete, Track

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• He's 31 this year: last year he was 30.

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Soccer

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• The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Games

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• It's a battle with himself and with the ticking finger of the clock.

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Battle

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• When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.

  Daley Thompson

  Inspirational, Funny, Men

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• Everyone meditates in their own way. Some people sit and practice formal mediation techniques for many hours a day while others spontaneously meditate while watching a sunset, listening to music, or participating in athletics.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sunset, Buddhism, Practice

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• We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in art and athletics, how can we expect to be advanced Christians and stay in kindergarten?

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Art, Fighting

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• Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.

  Buzz Bissinger

  Pageantry, Emotion, Wonderful

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• In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance.

  Kirsty Coventry

  Swimming, Race, Opposites

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• Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics.

  Michael E. DeBakey

  Art, Strong, Educational

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• That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62.

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• This is a young man who is only 25, and you have to say, her has answered every question that has ever been asked.

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Men

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• The American's head are on their chins a little bit at the moment

  Ron Pickering

  Inspirational, Funny, Littles

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• She hasn't run faster than herself before

  Zola Budd

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• The Kenyans haven't done much in the last two games, in fact they haven't competed since 1972

  Brendan Foster

  Inspirational, Funny, Games

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• The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals

  Ron Pickering

  Inspirational, Funny, Games

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• Coe has smashed the world record, 1:44.92 seconds has never been run easier

  Ron Pickering

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• And the mile once again becomes the focal point where it's always been

  Ron Pickering

  Inspirational, Funny, Miles

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