Track and Field Motivational Champions Quotes, Usain Bolt, Olympic Runners, Jumpers, Marathon

Mind is everything: muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi - Distance Running / Sprinting / Track & Field

The battles that count aren`t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that`s where it`s at.
Jesse Owens - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

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 - Track & Field / Sprinting

Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
Michael Johnson - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body.
Lynn Jennings - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

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.
Rodney Milburn - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
Edwin Moses - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

To be number one, you have to train like you're number two.
Maurice Greene - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

It was not perfect but I'm very happy. It could have been better, but I'm now looking forward to my second race of the season.
Usain Bolt - Track & Field / Sprinting

One chance is all you need.
Jesse Owens - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts. Steve Prefontaine - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

It's the road signs, 'Beware of lions.'
Kip Lagat, Kenyan distance runner, explaining why his country produces so many great runners - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

When you envision yourself doing something, you’ll be surprised at how much that helps you to actually do it.
Selim Nurudeen - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
Cathy Freeman - Sprinting /Distance Running

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.
Jesse Owens - Track & Field / Sprinting / Distance Running

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.
Carl Lewis - Track & Field / Sprinting