Average Quote by Emil Zatopek

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

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

When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race.

— Frank McCourt

I know y'all have probably heard I lost a few races in a row before I won one, but I never gave up. Never…

— Michael Waltrip

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

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might…

— Roger Bannister

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

— Louis Zamperini

I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.

— Cathy Freeman

Over the years of competing as an individual, I got a little bit burned out and tired of competing for myself.

— Rich Froning Jr

I was the kid who never won the races... I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.

— Kate Winslet

In my younger days, I loved to run. Although it may be hard for you to believe it, I did. And I did win…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

I've been fortunate enough to have won a lot of races and do a lot of things in my career.

— Kevin Harvick