America Quote by Wilma Rudolph

I think you judge a runner by the way they inspire you. The person who inspired me the most was Edwin Moses, so I'd…

— Colin Jackson

Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who…

— Haile Gebrselassie

I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to…

— Aly Raisman

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after…

— Noureddine Morceli

I wouldn't say there was a moment of realization when I wanted to be a runner; it was always just something I was.

— Ashton Eaton

I never grew up a runner. I never thought of myself as somebody that was fit or somebody that could advocate for that and…

— Andi Dorfman

There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown women. It…

— Allyson Felix

I didn't really hit my stride until my Olympic year.

— Eddy Alvarez

“Our life is like a race and soon we are going to reach the ribbon......You should race so well that your race flashbacks every…

— Zainab Asif

I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it.

— Grete Waitz

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

— Don Kardong

I definitely look to people like Usain Bolt and Sanya Richards and especially Allyson Felix, being an American athlete who went pro right after…

— Mary Cain