Peter Snell Quotes

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

I've become more of a climber now - who still keeps that time trial as strong as ever. It gives me such self-belief. I feel a different athlete.

I want to improve every part of my game.

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.

An Olympic pursuit really takes a full three to four years of Olympic preparation.

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

When I raced, I had great parents, even a greater coach and a nutritionist. I was never insecure.

Where the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that.

The bigger, stronger, faster and meaner my players are, the better I coach.

I think our sport evolves as the talent evolves and the mindset evolves.

The whole reason I moved to the U.S. to be coached by Alberto Salazar is to be able to improve 1 or 2 per cent. I was sick of coming sixth in the world, seventh in the world, and get close to a medal, but not quite there, half-a-second.

English football is very different, and I had to adapt to it much more than I would have had if I had stayed in the Russian league. But after a season, I felt a lot better, a lot fitter.

You can help build momentum in training by keeping the pace and intensity high. Make things happen in training, and then you can transfer that onto the pitch.

The quality of competitors abroad really pushes your timings, something that's tough to replicate in the country.

The way I operate as a football player and the product that I put on the field in relation to the business that I conduct, I want it to be as tough as possible in practice so when I get into the games I've been there before.

For every athlete, Olympics is the target, but mine is a little different. I am focusing on improving my timing; that's what I think about.

It wasn't until I was about 16 that I began to grow and develop as a player.

In every sector of business, it's really hard to build something where you can get on a good run. In sports, it's even harder because you only have a small window for an athletic career.

If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?

I'm an athlete, and I have been interested in sports films.

This level of competition is extremely high. Everybody is trained. Everybody has a game plan. Everybody has a nutritionist. Everybody has everything. It's here that you realize, as people, we're all equal.

I just started training with the best fighters in the world trying to get better. I was a pretty good athlete so I did pretty well with the team and that gave me confidence that I would be able to compete with people.