It should be your parents and others in the community that you look up to. For me it was my grandmother, a great woman. She had wisdom and knowledge. — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
The Stroke Association has produced leaflets that set out clearly the health risks associated with stroke that African-Caribbean people face. — Linford Christie Copy Share
When I was competing, I trained between three and six hours a day, seven days a week. — Linford Christie Copy Share
When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes… — Linford Christie Copy Share
I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it. — Linford Christie Copy Share
I used to say to my opponents: 'If you let me beat you, I'm going to tell your kids you were beaten by an… — Linford Christie Copy Share
There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it. — Linford Christie Copy Share
Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life… — Linford Christie Copy Share
Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those… — Linford Christie Copy Share
What motivated me as much as anything was to show the racists that a black man could bring pride and honour to Britain. — Linford Christie Copy Share
I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the… — Linford Christie Copy Share
When I was competing, I cut out red meat but only because I felt it took too long to digest, so I stuck to… — Linford Christie Copy Share
