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Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the…

— David Letterman

I did not know about awards. I just wanted to break the world record and the Olympic record.

— Milkha Singh

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

— David Rudisha

Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best for Ingrid Kristiansen.

— David Coleman

I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he…

— Caitlyn Jenner

“in 2007, Suni Williams ran the Boston Marathon in space, which took her only 4 hours and 24 minutes.)”

— Chris Hadfield

Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day.' If…

— Vincent Matthews

I won a silver medal. But really, I ended up running the fastest race of my life to become part of something that transcended…

— Peter Norman

Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama.

— Conan O'Brien

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the…

— Dan O'Brien

Did she like olympics

— Jackie Joyner-kersee

“I told her she should come back to my place because it’d just won sixth place in the Living Room Olympics, and sixth place…

— Jarod Kintz