Wolfgang Ketterle Quotes

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

My husband and I both have our bucket lists. Running a marathon was on mine.

When I run - as you see from my record - I run to win.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

Running was the first thing I discovered that I was any good at.

The only mountain that I would still like to climb: I'd like to break 85.

I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.

Marathon runners set explicit goals.

For me, I love competing.

I want my performance to be at the highest level of anybody in the company. I want to make everybody step up to me.

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.

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.

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

I'm a very competitive person... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.

When I was around thirty, I met my own personal challenge and finished a few marathons under three hours, and I have completed many long bicycle tours.

If I were to look back on my work, I think I accomplished probably about 70 to 75 percent of what I could have. Maybe 60 percent. Somewhere in that area; two-thirds of what I could have accomplished. If I had been a really dedicated person, and really worked hard, I think I could have accomplished more.

I started running outside when I was at 'Biggest Loser.' Then I got runner's knee, and thought I was never going to be able to shake it. When I overcame that and ran the L.A. Marathon, it was such an amazing thing, and now running is such a part of my routine.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

For me, it is important to do well in what I'm doing, to achieve the goals I have for myself.

When I said I wanted to run a marathon, I wanted to do it under four hours. But when I started training, I was like, 'Oh I got this,' so I wanted to run between 3:30 and 3:35. I'm really proud of myself.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

I set myself high targets.