Bryan Clay Quotes

I felt I was never going to beat Igor Ter-Ovanesyan or Ralph Boston because they were the joint world record holders.

I never think about records. I focus on my race and try to get onto the podium consistently. It's hard enough to do that.

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

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.

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.

Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.

We're focusing on producing top, great athletes for the Olympics.

Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level.

Nobody can walk on a track and beat me unless they have an extraordinary day and I have a bad day, which I keep from happening.

We know the window of boxing don't last long. We want to try to get everything we can in this window and beat everyone we can.

In this league, it's all about being close to 100 percent on game day.

Some people have asked me do you think I got David Haye at the right time, but nobody said it was the right time when he weighed in with a six-pack, looking fantastic.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

Yes, I could win the Olympics. I hope to, and that's what I'm training for. But it's really going to come down to me racing on that day... Just being really calm and mature about what the reality is - that's my strategy.

My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.

If I am at 100 percent fitness, I do not fear any competition for places in the first 11.

For me, I've not really focused on a world record. I'm just trying to put a complete race together, and when I do that, then fast times will come.

In the pursuit of a championship and beyond, I'm determined to take my performance, on and off the field, to the next level. I'm confident that MET-Rx and their great lineup of sports nutrition products is the perfect partner to help me do just that.

The footballer's career is very long and staying on the top for many years is always very difficult.

For every athlete, Olympics is the target, but mine is a little different. I am focusing on improving my timing; that's what I think about.

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

I go out to score goals, but I don't go out thinking about records.