Athlete Quote by Linford Christie

The Stroke Association has produced leaflets that set out clearly the health risks associated with stroke that African-Caribbean people face.

— Linford Christie

You can always be stronger.

— Linford Christie

When I was competing, I trained between three and six hours a day, seven days a week.

— Linford Christie

When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes…

— Linford Christie

I know what it takes to get to the top.

— Linford Christie

I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it.

— Linford Christie

I used to say to my opponents: 'If you let me beat you, I'm going to tell your kids you were beaten by an…

— Linford Christie

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.

— Linford Christie

My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority.

— Linford Christie

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life…

— Linford Christie

Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those…

— Linford Christie

What motivated me as much as anything was to show the racists that a black man could bring pride and honour to Britain.

— Linford Christie