#track and field

I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#come #day #else #field #i

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#because #best #big #big fan #bruce

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#body #brain #burnt #canada #clients

I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there. ↗

— Edwin Moses

#field #i #track #track and field #went

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. ↗

— Diana Lopez

#ever #field #going #guesses #i

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#cricket #field #first #i #introduced

Track and field was very big when I was growing up. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#field #growing #growing up #i #track