Australian Quote by Cathy Freeman

Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I…

— Evelyn Ashford

I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of…

— Scott Bakula

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

— Gabrielle Union

I know that I wasn't bred to be an Olympian. I didn't start running until high school, and I just stumbled upon to.

— Allyson Felix

I ran my first race the end of March, 1976. And less than four months later I was Olympic champion. But I had the…

— Edwin Moses

I was 25 when I stopped racing, I loved the teamwork and I wanted to apply what I knew about it into building and…

— Christian Horner

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after…

— Noureddine Morceli

When I was in high school, I ran with the team, and I did a bit of running with friends and things. But as…

— Daryn Kagan

I was always, always running. I was running since I was small. And it is something I also learned from watching my father because…

— Richarlison

I got into running when I was being mentored by my coach. I tried it and developed a passion for it.

— Eliud Kipchoge

I never grew up a runner. I never thought of myself as somebody that was fit or somebody that could advocate for that and…

— Andi Dorfman

When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.

— David Rudisha