Quotes About Competition

I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better.

I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.

We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.

What we do is just race hard on the track every week. That's the way I'd like it to be documented, and if we watch the tape, we'll see that the No. 48 swerved into us first and I know that, before even watching the tape.

For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.

I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.

We can pretend that China is not there. But China is there, and unless we put our economy on the right track, it is going to overwhelm us completely.

You get around people who see us away from the track, and it's a pretty big contrast. You're still competitive, and you still want to win everything, but I think in the car, we're focused and passionate all the time. We get outside the car, and we're a lot more relaxed and easygoing, enjoying things away from racing.

I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was the favorite to win, and he lost. I realized in that moment the pain he felt was so much greater than the pain that those who never thought they were going to win would have felt had they lost.

I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.

I played football all my life throughout high school and ran track.

I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for a little league team.

Being a track sprinter, when it's all about a thousandth of a second, there is no escaping the numbers every single day.

My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.

When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.

I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.

I was in relays for track where you just bonded with all these different kinds of personalities who were coming together for this one common goal of beating a rival team.

In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it's so final; there's no second chance if you make a mistake.

Ultimately, you've got to answer your critics on the track, and I am very much hoping 8.41m is acceptable for people.

That's what has always been good about track. The goal is very clearly defined: Try to win. Get the gold medal. And I'm able to put my energy toward that.

I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.

This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track.