#world record

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#feat #great #me #record #world

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours. ↗

— Daley Thompson

#decathlon #hours #i #like #lost

Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker in Lausanne. I liked the way he was running. He is tall, he has a strong body and his stride is similar to mine. I told him in one of the coming years I would need him when I try to break the World record. ↗

— David Rudisha

#already #body #break #coming #future

Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models. ↗

— David Rudisha

#championship #gold #his #models #olympic

I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working. ↗

— David Rudisha

#break #championships #coach #did #final

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career. ↗

— David Rudisha

#am #career #champion #event #gold

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was for me to become a doctor - a career which had not been possible in her generation and in her society. Sport was something to be set aside. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#aside #become #been #break #career

I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges. ↗

— Larry David

#challenges #embraces #i #person #records

Many people know that Ethiopia is poor. When I break a world record, maybe people get to know something else about Ethiopia, something good. We can't make planes or cars, we don't have the materials. We do what we can. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#break #cars #else #ethiopia #get

The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#broken #games #going #hope #i