Quotes About Sprinters

You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that.

I am a bit different from the other sprinters because, I would say, I can run many different ways while the other guys they just came on and they can only run one way.

Luckily, you don't have to inject growth hormone to burn fat and build muscle. All you have to do is train anaerobically. But you do have to understand that you only begin to exercise anaerobically when you are at levels in excess of 90 percent of your maximum heart rate. This is pretty hard work. It's also why world-class sprinters and swimmers are heavily muscled and at the same time very lean—they train anaerobically.

If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them.

Sprinters call Marathoners "plodding," and Marathoners call Sprinters "irresponsible," but there's no right way. Procrastinators, however, are happier when they change their work habits to work more steadily.

I have trained with expert sprinters many times and they all agree running with the ball and running without the ball requires two completely different techniques.

Love affairs are for emotional sprinters the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners.

In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction.