Fabrice Muamba Quotes

I want to run every race with a big heart.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.... The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

I've participated in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon a couple of times, but only in the running portion.

Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part.

No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. My times become slower and slower, but the experience of the race is unchanged: each race a drama, each race a challenge, each race stretching me in one way or another, and each race telling me more about myself and others.

There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.

The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.

Don't foul, don't flinch-hit the line hard.

If you don't run, you can't win.

No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.

Reaching the finish line, never walking, and enjoying the race. These three, in this order, are my goals.

I like the marathon because it's one race where you can find out who's really the toughest. On the track, sometimes a guy can just pull away, and you want to stay with him but you don't have the leg speed. The marathon is slow enough that anyone can stay with you if he wants, if he has the will. The marathon is ultimately a test of will.

The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.

I started competing in cross-country when I was seven years old.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

I'd rather be in the ring, 10 times out of 10.

I'm a competitor. Gym work can be tough. But you just try to get through it.

I guess the decathlon's never an easy walkthrough.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

When I finish games, I want to have the feeling that I helped my team as much as I could, and the fans saw I was determined to win.

If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.

If you're athletic and you can run, you can play defense. It's a mindset.

I started Little Athletics when I was five years old, but my Olympics dream started when I was 10 years old.