Best effort Quote by Dick Beardsley

I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow.…

— Alain Prost

I always try to get the best result out of it, I'm not there to just sit second or sit third. I'm a winner,…

— Max Verstappen

I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run

— Shannon Miller

My key to victory was that I always went out way too fast. Too fast erases every other race strategy out there. Everyone is…

— Gerry Lindgren

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

I've been in a position where I've been on a roll for a couple of races, and then suddenly, the next race, I'm off…

— George Russell

You try too hard. Winners forget they're in a race. They just love to run.

— Joe Pesci

After college I picked my races to be one race every two weeks. That gave me time to recover. I raced just as fast…

— Gerry Lindgren

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect,…

— John Wooden

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

— Michael Johnson

Sometimes, when I walk out onto the track I think, 'What am I doing here? Why do I put myself through this?' But that's…

— Kelly Holmes

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little…

— Roger Bannister