College Quote by Gerry Lindgren

I had started as an average athlete - a normal boy. It took me three years to win a race. I was glad that…

— Emil Zatopek

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 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 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 remember feeling my back break and I really didn't know if I'd ever race again.

— Denny Hamlin

I didn't realise how tightly wound I was until I retired because I would think about racing pretty close to 24 hours a day,…

— Dario Franchitti

I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the…

— Emil Zatopek

I stopped because I was tired of always racing.

— Eddy Merckx

Getting back racing gave me the extra motivation in other areas to get back walking in my day to day life and just spurred…

— Billy Monger

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had…

— Alberto Salazar

I was quite lonely because I didn't have a boyfriend or many friends, so I started spending my weekends doing races. Then I progressed…

— Katie Piper

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