David Rudisha Quotes

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• My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time…
• I realized I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it…
• Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back…
• I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but…
• My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I…
• The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold.
• I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I…
• Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker…
• The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I…
• Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main…
• When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.
• Fantastic, I am very happy to be the fastest 800 metres runner in the world.
• I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me…
• It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.
• Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.
• I love my tribe, the Maasai are very good people and humble.
• I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it…
• You do, mostly, in track, different sessions, sprinting and medium sessions in different style. You have to see that even if the pace is slow…
• Races always are good to show where you are reaching in your training as well as to keep you sharpened. Every race, in my program,…
• Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models.

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