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Track and field has always interested me.
I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.
Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
John McDonnell is the Bear Bryant of track and field.
I began with track and field because this is what I know.
I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!
I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.
I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.
Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.
I think I was in the most historical and golden era of track and field.
I don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers.
I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.
I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.
I always dreamed of doing this, being able to do track and field and the NFL at the same time.
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.
I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
In track and field, Nike is all-powerful. They control the top coaches, athletes, races, even the governing body.
While shooting 'Selma,' I would train on my off time with the assistant men's track and field coach at Georgia Tech.
I love the sport of track and field. If I can be the person to make it a big thing in this country, that would be amazing.
Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.
There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.
I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.
I was really into sports, playing track and field, amateur wrestling, volleyball, and soccer. I was a very active kid and teenager.
I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled.
When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.
Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games.
The thing is, I'm a sports junkie.Everybody knows that. I could watch any of this stuff - track and field... anything - and really enjoy it.
I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian.
I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.
It won't change that I'm an Olympian if you call me a football player, and it won't change that I'm an NFL player if you call me a track and field athlete.
In high school, I did a little track and field and ran on my own. In college, I would run every now and again, but I didn't have enough time to be devoted to it.
I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By any stretch of the imagination that's a very long apprenticeship.
When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do.
People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.
In track and field, a lot of people don't make a lot of money, so if you're a lower name you might just get run over by USADA because they're just looking to get people out of the sport.
They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.
I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level.
I used to have tears in my eyes on the way to practice because I was so focused. For me, track and field was serious business. I didn't have any friends. I was very isolated and very focused.
I've always been on the outside looking in. I was never popular in school, despite my success in athletics. I would win track and field competitions, but I wouldn't go to parties. I'd be alone.
I like track and field for the simple reason that I determine my own outcome. I don't rely on my coach or the president or the CEO making a decision. I'm kind of like the CEO of my own corporation.
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.
I wasn't banned from skiing but didn't go much in college because I couldn't afford it, and there just wasn't the time. I played football all winter, then in summer I did track and field and played volleyball.
Never in my life have I failed a test. I have never been opposed to testing and, in fact, have always been compliant with each and every protocol and policy associated with my competitive career in track and field.
What I do in long jump and track and field, it definitely correlates with what I do as a receiver. With being fast and being explosive and putting my foot down. It's the same mechanics that I use in football and track.