Able Quote by David Oliver

I was nervous starting off today. I was nervous because I felt like I was going to play good and shoot a good round.…

— Jay Haas

I thought that basketball and soccer were hard. And then I went to track practice. It's just running and running and running. And my…

— Sue Bird

My running was very simple; it was out of myself.

— Emil Zatopek

One day the factory sports coach, who was very strict, pointed at four boys, including me, and ordered us to run in a race.…

— Emil Zatopek

Thanks to the race-day adrenaline rush, any pace will feel easier than normal. So make a conscious effort to hold back in the early…

— Lorraine Moller

The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in…

— Cathy Freeman

As you move through the application process, keep refining the way you present yourself. Like any skill, you'll only get better with practice, and…

— Kathryn Minshew

It's amazing how the same pace in practice can feel so much harder than on race day. Stay confident. Trust the process.

— Sara Hall

I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to…

— Carl Lewis

I was anxious to get started, There was so much anticipation. I wanted to get in the routine of playing games. It was just…

— Sidney Crosby

Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came…

— Joe Henderson

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