David Rudisha Quotes

If you go too soon, you can come unstuck with 50m left when the guys are going past you.

If we're going to run for points we need to run in the top-five every week.

But I plan on dedicating specific training to track this winter for the next racing season.

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.

When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit?

The rule of thumb in F1 is to beat your teammate.

My approach to the race is definitely just trying to win the race.

As athletes, our job is to train and compete.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

This is my third year in a row where I'm one of those players that has a chance to win the Race to Dubai. I just think it's important this year that I take the experiences of 2017 and 2018 into it and know that it still takes a lot to do it and it's not in my hands at all.

As a driver, you always want to win every race, but as a car owner you know that isn't very realistic.

I need to find a way to improve my qualifying performances because then I think my races will be even better.

I think I could make a 1,000 mile race. But I would definitely have to take pre-race precautions to make sure I could make it that far.

Football is marvellous and there are countless ways to play and to win.

I have a speed, and I have to use it when I play against someone who gives you the space.

I didn't really adapt to Scottish football well, but I enjoyed my time there. The physical nature and the pace of the game was a big thing, and many of the teams defended really deep against Celtic so there was not so much space to run in behind. That's a big part of my game, so that was one thing as well.

It's about making sure we're there at the end of races and we get the best possible finish we can. What comes with that is being able to have realistic expectations and not trying to do something more than what the car is capable of, so it's a team effort for sure.

The best tactics are those which lead you to a win.

Between 20km and 10km to go, you want the whole team at the front. You don't necessarily want to take control, and the speed will be dictated by how many surges you get from the other teams. You don't want to go so fast they can't come, but you want to be just ahead so you're in control.

I had other proposals and I was talking to people but then I decided that staying at Ferrari would give me my best chance of winning the championship.

You don't win championships by having the cheapest budget.

I don't worry about numbers. I worry about wins. You can see all the years that my numbers went down and how many championships I've got. That's what I worry about.

I like to drive hard, and obviously when you get to this level, especially running for points - you've got to make sure when you have a car that can run 10th, that you run 10th with it. You can't sit here and try to make it go from 10th to a win and end up 30th. That's just something I had to figure out.

I'm not going to throw haymakers the whole fight; I'll gas out.

We need variations, variations in not just attempt but in flickers' attempts as well. I mean, a flicker needs to use different angles, pace to keep the opposition defence guessing.