Eliud Kipchoge Quotes

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.

When you're in a sport like speed skating where the clock gives you the results, there is always a faster goal or a personal best to beat.

The players are out here to help win games and to improve, not to make a movie. They're not actors. They're players.

When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race.

At a personal level, doing well in the Ashes and winning it was a high.

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?

I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I've been to three World Championships... so I think it's like a win-win.

I remember running at school sports day, and I would win everything, but I wasn't a super athlete or a superstar at high school.

Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

You're paid to perform. There is an outcome to a game and it doesn't matter how many goals you score. If you don't win, you don't have a good time.

People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.

As athletes, our job is to train and compete.

It's good to be competitive when everyone wants to be in the starting line-up.

I just want to be in the lineup. If I'm on that lineup card I'm happy.

I played everything. I played volleyball, did track, cross-country, but basketball was my main sport, my main focus.

It's a tough league and it's hard to play every game.

I am an athlete, and I focus more on the issues that concern me: training, perform, eat, sleep.

When you're on the court with guys that know basketball, it's a universal language for us.

I've never really been a numbers guy... I like to score, for sure... but my main thing is I want to win.

I never played for numbers.

I'd like to think I have good recall of games I've been a part of and plays I've been a part of.

Any guy would like to play being out for so long. You miss that adrenaline and everything that comes with it.

My only focus is on our games and my performances - they are the most important things.

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

There's always competition in the national team.