Genetically Quote by Gylfi Sigurdsson

When I was younger, I didn't really train for the sprint - I trained to get over the mountains. I have to train it…

— Mark Cavendish

Me, if I'm in a long-distance race, I have speed. In the sprint, I don't have so much speed.

— Rivaldo

Life is a long marathon, and you have to be consistent. Anyone can sprint for 1500 meters, but you have pace yourself through your…

— Fabio Lanzoni

I'm 100% a sprinter... an old school one, not one of these new guys that can climb and sprint.

— Mark Cavendish

The other sprinters are big and powerful but I have different strengths. The first thing is my leg speed. Most guys sprint at 120…

— Mark Cavendish

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.

— Michael East

When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner

— Yiannis Kouros

I think that with my athletic ability people can't really get past me - because of my pace.

— Owen Hargreaves

I love sprinting, but I hate long-distance running. Isn't that funny?

— Dylan O'Brien

I could always see as a kid that I was good at short sprints, running, throwing things far, jumping... anything that required a burst…

— Chris Hoy

Fitness has always been one of my strengths. I can do all the long-distance runs. When I was at school and we entered the…

— Jamie Vardy

I like the sprints so much because it's very explosive, very aggressive, and quite physical sometimes as well. On top of that you've got…

— Magnus Backstedt