Joe Henderson Quotes

'We've always been competitive. I yell at Liam all the time, 'Move faster! Work harder!' I'm like the trainer because I design all the workouts and implement and enforce them.

The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve.

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

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.

As a sportsman, you always play to win. Having said that, it's not possible to win every day. There will be days when you will do well and there will be days you won't.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

You don't want to line up on the blocks and know you have not done everything you possibly can.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

I always love training at crazy times - it's an edge I'm creating over everyone else.

I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam hard. If I didn't, I knew I would pay for it either the next day or the next meet.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

I love competition because I've always run faster when somebody was running next to me.

The only plan is trying to push myself the maximum to be the best player I can.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

I want to win wherever I race, the team's invested a lot in me.

As a professional track cyclist, I have always challenged myself, and I enjoy seeing how I cope when faced with the unknown.

That's what I work for every day: training and playing to the maximum, trying to do the best I can.

I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'

I've been on my grind to be the best player I can.

I wanted to challenge myself to reach my full potential as a player.

I have a goal to be the best player every time I touch that floor. Just be the best me.

Do I see people working harder than me? I can't imagine that but if I do it inspires me to work harder.