Association Quote by Roger Bannister

When you break a world record you're making history. It really lifts you in status in your sport at the time.

— Colin Jackson

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

— David Rudisha

Athletes like Milkha Singh, Sriram Singh, T.C. Yohannan and I set our records at international meets under stringent conditions, against the stiffest competition.

— P. T. Usha

What I will say is that there is no governing body in strongman. There's no federation. There's no group of people or person that…

— Brian Shaw

Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.

— Bryan Clay

I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind…

— Michael Phelps

No, I didn't break a world record. No, I didn't win by a huge margin. But it's how you do in the battle. I've…

— Denise Lewis

Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my…

— Mo Farah

Well, it's such a record that you can only compare it with Bob Beamon's long-jump world record set in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.…

— Sunil Gavaskar

Anybody I have spoken to who has held a record says 'Records are meant to be broken.' They get excited when somebody has an…

— Christian Coleman

I led the world the whole year until the trials. I was in Birmingham, U.K. Broke the meet record, had the meet won already,…

— Marquise Goodwin

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.

— Louis C. K