Norah O'Donnell Quotes

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

I won state cross-country competitions several times during high school.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

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.

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

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.

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

I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.

The 100m is never stressful.

If I run 100 meters 30 times, that is 3 kilometers and no longer a sprint.

What I like most about track is the feeling I get inside after a good run.

I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record forever. Now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.

I want to run as fast as I can.

The 200 m. is not my best event, and it's something I am learning.

The 200 m. is the event I want to get better at.

I used to run 800 metres for the school.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

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.

I ran track, and basically played every sport.

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

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.