Donovan Bailey Quotes

You could run harder, longer. If the workout was four 200s really, really fast, they wouldn't seem as hard as before. You could cut the rest down from five minutes to three. That's a big difference.

I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet you've got to have endurance.

It feels good to be strong.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.

I've been doing Pilates since 1974, I lift weights, I power walk every day and I run backwards. That's sometimes a little hard when you're not on your home turf, because you've got to find a place where there are no bumps in the way - or people.

When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow.

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

I came back from my ACL injury and won MVP. So, what's a groin? What's an adductor? That's how I look at things. I feel like if you just continue to take care of your body, working out, making sure you're in shape and you stay on top of your game, you can play as long as you want.

Good running is the ability to have a very well defined on-board computer. The ability to judge distances when running in traffic.

I love yoga. There's a lot of stretching involved, which helps with my flexibility and injury prevention. Vinyasa is my favorite as a recovery tool and for me to continue having my legs feel good.

High-intensity training works well for cricket because we spend long periods waiting around and then have to perform sudden sprints or dives.

I feel like if I get my legs under me, strengthen my legs up a lot more I'll be able to get out there and face the challenges of a 3.

I already have natural speed, which I don't need to work on, so in training I've been working more on my endurance.

I am training a lot harder, gym a lot, more muscle, strengthening my back, my legs, my muscles, my weak areas a lot.

I feel yoga has helped me with everything in my life. Especially my snowboarding; between the strength, flexibility, balance, and meditation aspects of yoga, it has helped me in so many ways!

Just knowing how the body works and being athletic means it's easier to stay athletic while working a different job.

If I am running 100 yards, I should be cut. Because then I am getting beat. I do not need to be doing that. I need to be running 20, 30, 40 yards as fast as I can over and over and over at optimal energy and efficiency and speed.

It's a long season, and if you can go back and forth pretty well, you'll end up OK.

My back and shoulders are my strengths. They are well-toned and do not require too much of maintenance.

I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.

Running hills, I try to follow the Jerry Rice routine.

It's really difficult to climb effortlessly.

The pros stretch their bodies to the limit.

I have to improve on my speed endurance, and I am working on it.