Back Quote by Donovan Bailey

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

It is not how you start the race or where you are during the race-it is how you cross the finish line that will…

— Robert D. Hales

I can't do the whole run but I am able to start the race and I will be there at the end when winners…

— Fabrice Muamba

I went at each race like there was a gold medal at stake. It wasn't like I ran one hard, then slacked off the…

— Dick Beardsley

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all…

— Alain Prost

The real preparation for races is done in the off-season. I put in the hard work during the summer and fall, and I'm always…

— Shani Davis

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

You cant run the race if you don't leave start

— Beau Sims

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

From what I've learned I need to do, is let everything else go and focus on finishing the race and having fun.

— Bubba Wallace

I only had a couple of days' practice in the car before my first race. I was very inexperienced. There were a lot of…

— Nicolas Hamilton

You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me…

— Emerson Fittipaldi