Quotes About Athletics

Today, Jamaica is known because of just one man - Usain Bolt. Not many Indians have managed to reach the finals of track and field events at the Olympics and that says it all.

I want to be able to do the Olympics and then do the Paralympics after.

My dream is to see an Indian with a gold medal in athletics in the Olympics.

There will be no one like me in the history of Olympics, someone who competed in an Olympic final with one international meet.

Before going to the L.A. Olympics, I had participated in only two competitions in 400m hurdles. Yet I came close to a medal. So if your mind is strong, you can achieve anything.

Everyone wants to represent their country and my dream is to one day play in the Olympics.

Athletics needs more focus because it is the heart and soul of any Olympics.

Whenever you put on the Canadian jersey, it's an honor and it would be a huge honor to represent us at the Olympics.

You know, beating Rafa, it was great experience I had in Olympics.

I got a lot of good things from Olympics.

I have some great memories from the Olympics I also have some tough memories from it as well, where I was so close to winning a gold medal.

Not a day goes by that I don't remember my experience at the Olympics.

I was happy to complete 118kg. When I lifted it, I knew my place in the Olympics was secured.

My footballing idol is Zinedine Zidane; he was an amazing guy on and off the field.

For me to become a professional footballer, determination was key, on and off the pitch.

I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

I have my turbo bike at home, so I can do high cadence stuff and interval sessions on there, and then I get out on the road once a week to do a 50km ride.

I circuit train three times a week and run 10 km once a week.

No one country has a team that hold a monopoly on the league like Maccabi does in Israel.

He was one of my childhood idols, and I hope I can get in the ring with him one day. I'd love to batter The Rock.

That's one of the things you get when you're playing golf. You get bad backs, bad necks.

One of the things I respected about Connors was that one second he would be spewing a four-letter word, the next second he would do something that had people falling off the aisles. Yet he never seemed to lose his concentration.

Nothing about Ben Askren impresses me. He's a one-dimensional fighter. He's never hurt a fly.

People aren't coming out in postgame interviews saying, 'I'm the greatest.' That's not what it's about. It's about I know what I'm about, I know what I do, and I know I truly feel like nobody can cover me. So, when I get my one-on-one opportunities, I try to show that I can't be guarded. That's just a mentality and a mind-set.