#world record

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#london #minds #our #race #record

I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today. ↗

— Dawn Fraser

#break #dawn #did #fact #great

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#association #athletic #break #cannot #competed

I've set no world record. ↗

— Marion Jones

#record #set #world #world record

I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing. ↗

— Inge de Bruijn

#because #doing #get #hard #hard work

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro. ↗

— Natalie Coughlin

#college #did #forgo #go #had

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#come #first #i #i think #new

There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score. ↗

— Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

#always #anxiety #before #competition #could

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

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