Hima Das Quotes

We are just not made up to be middle distance runners.

There are guys out there faster than me.

In the fifth grade I discovered something I could do better than the other kids. One day, the teacher set up a bunch of chairs, and she had everyone run to the chairs and back while she timed us. I had the fastest time in the whole school!

I can run pretty quick.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.

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.

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

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

Because running fast is more fun than running slow.

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

In high school, the fastest I ever ran was like a 4.67; that's pretty fast. But then, I only weighed 168 pounds.

When I was in school, we would always have running races. I was good at it. Always sprinting. I can run long distance, too.

I want to run as fast as I can.

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

I only think of my practice and running as fast as I can.

I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.

I've always said the one change that would've been nice is if I'd been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!

Aaron Gordon, obviously, is a great runner.

In 100m, the timings fluctuate.

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.

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.

The advantage doesn't come because you can run more than someone over 90 minutes. The advantage comes when, in the tenth minute, I'm sprinting back and making another guy chase me. By the end of the game, that guy's worn down, but I can still keep going at the same pace.