Eloise Wellings Quotes

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

I'd like to do some modelling. But I will go on with pentathlon until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Sport is my passion but I have a way to go.

I wanted to be a world champion.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

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

My cousin Simon Bor, the champion of Los Angeles, convinced me to concentrate on running.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves, I want to win the Olympic medal, and my performance at London will decide my future in the sport.

I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points.

I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.

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 don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

A gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics is what I'm looking for. I have to pace my training in such a way that I'm at my best in Rio, and when I'm in form, no opponent can come in my way.

I want to win every game.

I am training 8-9 hours a day and will give my best shot for Rio.

My challenge is to win every match I play.

In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured and watching the Olympics on the TV.

I thought that basketball and soccer were hard. And then I went to track practice. It's just running and running and running. And my event was the 400 hurdles. I ended up qualifying for state. But looking back on it, track was hard.

I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.

As a competitor you want to be out there starting and competing.

Mum tries to make every race that she can.

I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.

Sports are in my soul. That's what drives me.