Race Quotes · Page 84

“a runner can never see the finish line in the middle of a marathon,”

— Henry Cloud

I always liked jazz. And my people liked the old blues, race records and the doo-wop and all that.

— Amiri Baraka

When I took up running, it was like meeting God himself. I have been running ever since.

— Fauja Singh

A 10,000m race is like a chess game and you are watching, wondering what's going on and what's going to happen.

— Colin Jackson

The modern campus is deeply obsessed by race and gender, and not much else.

— John Leo

“If the race isn't over after you have won, then it wasn't your game!”

— Vishwanath S J

I was born to be a runner. I simply love to run. It's almost like the faster I go, the easier it…

— Mary Decker

The thought of how far the human race would have advanced without government simply staggers the imagination.

— Doug Casey

Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a…

— Jack Welch

You've got to distribute the tyre life over the stint, I think that's the main limiting factor, more than car balance.

— Nico Hulkenberg

I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me…

— Hugh Laurie

There's no other place I'd rather have it than here in Mexico. It's a race track that I was looking forward to…

— Denny Hamlin

We, the Jews, not only have degenerated and are located at the end of the path, we spoiled the blood of all…

— Theodor Herzl

If Adam Sandler does a bad movie, he doesn't bring down the whole white race. But if Tyler Perry does, it's like,…

— Kenya Barris

Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for…

— Arabella Weir

My return is not about seeing Formula One as the best option, but is about seeing the role at Williams as the…

— Felipe Massa

That the win came only days after the Ryder Cup announcement was not a coincidence. Being a captain's pick is a huge…

— Stewart Cink

Those who would administer [charity] wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race…

— Andrew Carnegie

We need to put pressure on Trump, to speak out very forcefully that he's the president of all Americans including Muslims, and…

— Van Jones

Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes…

— Louis L'Amour

When we begin to understand the concept of Karma we will never ever blame God for anything that happens to us. We…

— Anonymous

...man is a musical being. His origin is in the spoken Word. By sound was he sustained and by music he evolved.…

— Corinne Heline

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such…

— Jesse Jackson

“The runner knows something the rest of us are busy forgetting: to get stronger, you have to go on until you are…

— Jason Dias

I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.

— Ted Ligety

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

— Cathy Freeman

I think it's always better to be in an F1 car because, in general, the car behaves itself.

— Max Verstappen

Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we're hunters.

— Freeman Dyson

There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.

— Jimmie Johnson

When I started running, I found both my physical and mental well-being improve tremendously.

— Andi Dorfman

Black and Mexican jokes are all the same. Once you've heard Juan, you've heard Jamal.

— Anonymous

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.

— Jacky Ickx

I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

— Michael Schumacher

“Every second you spend holding someone else back is time not running the race yourself.”

— Rebecca Murphy

When you are a race driver you see things in the race driver mode.

— Robert Kubica

The time I say that I am a number two driver, I will not race any more.

— Felipe Massa

“Love's only business is to preserve the race, not the individual.”

— Geoffrey Household

The equality of play was a surprise-it was the most competitive race in the seven-year history of MLS.

— Lamar Hunt

A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.

— Murray Walker

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.

— Haile Gebrselassie