David Levithan Quotes

I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.

Being a runner means you are now 'free' to win and lose and live life to its fullest.

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

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.

On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on the run, it'll turn into a walk.

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

I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.

I'm simply trying to go as far as I can go in racing.

I ran track, and I was really good at it. I was really fast.

I just try to be the best fighter I can be.

I am looking forward to my next race. What comes, comes.

You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.

I think for me I've always loved being in the water and I love training and I love being at the pool so you know it's not a chore for me to go training, but come race day I would never just train to train - I train to race.

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

There are a lot of good guys that I race against, and that's what I enjoy the most.

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

I like a man who can run faster than I can.

Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.

There are guys out there faster than me.

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

I love racing and I love doing well.