Olympics Quote by Don Kardong Download Open image “Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.” — Don Kardong ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Olympics Prior Runner Runners
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 Copy Share Image
So in my sophomore year of high school, I ran in Barcelona for the World Junior Championships, and I set the national record for… — Mary Cain Copy Share Image
I was a runner in Delhi's Army Public School. I started running when I was in class four and became the fastest sprinter in… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
I did athletics when I was at school. I ran the 100 meters but I got beat once so stopped doing it. — Daniel James Copy Share Image
I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a… — Norah O'Donnell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles. — Natalie Morales Copy Share Image
I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler. — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
I've been running track since I was five. I could name down every single Olympian that ran hurdles. — Bianca Belair Copy Share Image
Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder. — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
The toughest trail I ever ran was the Escarpment in the Catskills of New York State. This was an 18-mile race through Rip Van… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running is needed… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut repetitions and hill repeats that buckly your knees -… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Cold is not without its risks to runners, of course, especially ones who don't head south when winter visits their neighborhood. Even pooh-pooh-ers of… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
If an athlete takes a shortcut - literally, for example, by running a street that shortens the marathon route by a quarter mile -… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Fartlek, or speed play, is variable-pace running that emphasizes creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to - telephone poles, trees, buildings,… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Running at night used to frighten me. Part of it was simply safety, the question of whether level ground would truly appear under each… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
When I was in middle school, and teachers lectured about World War II, the conflict seemed impossibly distant and irrelevant. And it had only… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it's the last thing you picture before you fall asleep. Everytime you think of it, the idea in your head seems to get more vivid, filled in with more detail: You… — James C. Collins Copy Share
I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams… — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
If there were a category in the Olympics for laundry, my mother would have been a gold-medal winner. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
There are 16 year olds competing at the olympics and i still push on pull doors & struggle getting through the whole day without a nap. — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
I wasn't paid a dime for my track career. But participating in the Olympics gave me the opportunity to learn about different cultures; it… — Wyomia Tyus Copy Share Image
What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and get me… — Missy Franklin Copy Share Image
I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's true for… — Teri McKeever Copy Share Image
