David Coleman Quotes

I wouldn't know who Michael Johnson was if he didn't run fast times.

Aaron Gordon, obviously, is a great runner.

My favorite runner is Usain Bolt, who happens to be Jamaican and is the fastest man in the world.

I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.

I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won't say excel in them, but I'd do pretty good.

Fantastic, I am very happy to be the fastest 800 metres runner in the world.

This is the home of hurdling, and the Americans are the kings of the event.

The 100m is never stressful.

I don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers.

I want to be looked at as one of the greatest sprinters of all-time.

I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed, that's something I had to work really hard at.

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

I'm a really fast runner. No one can catch me - I'm quick.

I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to be in the Olympics. I thought I was going to be able to win a gold medal, and my mind was pretty much set on 'this is what I want to do'.

The 200 meters is my baby. To me, it's the perfect distance. It's still a true sprint, but it unravels more. You get to enjoy the race a little bit more than the 100.

When I grew up Carl Lewis was still running, Maurice Greene was running - he was that figure I see, like Michael Johnson. I really wanted to look up to the fast guys - so those two guys were some of the guys I looked up to.

When I was in high school, I ran hurdles, but I was really short, so I'd barely clear them. I was pretty quick, but I had little legs, so I had to take 50 steps in between each hurdle.

The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not a sprinter, could have gone over 9,000 points.

As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter.

I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.