Brian Lara Quotes

Each fight, I'm breaking records that are meant to be broken.

I've frowned at the idea of breaking records, the first one to do something, or do it longer, higher, more difficult.

It's good to break records, I love it.

I've made history, I've just beaten one man, who's to say I can't beat more?

All records are made to be broken.

I kept hearing about my 54-hole record and I kept telling myself that records are made to be broken.

Records are meant to be broken, I guess.

I have to live up to my expectations - which is to break all the records that I can, dominate by a wide margin.

That's what this game is about: for records to be broken.

You have the ability, right now, to exceed all your previous levels of accomplishment

If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.

As a scientist, I play in the top league - the Olympics, the World Championships - and I want to be in the lead. As a runner, I set personal goals, and I want to push beyond my own personal limits. I was very happy when I practiced for several months and then reached my goal to run a marathon in 2:50.

Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.

Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.

I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.

No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

Records are made to be broken.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.