David Coleman Quotes

The late start is due to the time.

One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career.

I started competing in cross-country when I was seven years old.

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

I've participated in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon a couple of times, but only in the running portion.

Being a track sprinter, when it's all about a thousandth of a second, there is no escaping the numbers every single day.

My first race was in October 2001 in Kapsabet, Kenya. It was a 10km road race. I was excited and I was happy to know I am good in running.

That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record

The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.

Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best for Ingrid Kristiansen.

I always liked running as a kid. You know how eating chocolate or ice cream makes you feel good? That's the same way that running and competing makes me feel.

I would love to have a race against Usain Bolt one day! It would certainly be a good challenge for me.

Track and field has always interested me.

How about those Olympics, ladies and gentlemen. Didn't London look like the place to be? New York City was in the running for this Olympics. But here's what happened. We got outbribed.

One day the factory sports coach, who was very strict, pointed at four boys, including me, and ordered us to run in a race. I protested that I was weak and not fit to run, but the coach sent me for a physical examination and the doctor said that I was perfectly well. So I had to run, and when I got started I felt I wanted to win. But I only came in second. That was the way it started.

We Jamaicans are not so much stressed about time, you know, but you have to stay on top of it. And, of course, on the track, every time we go on the track, it is all about the seconds and the fractions of a second that count.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who perform great feats before friendly crowds. Greatness in major league sports is the ability to win in a stadium filled with people who are pulling for you to lose.

I want to run every race with a big heart.

UFC is not a competitor to the WWE because we are entertainment and UFC is competitive sport. It's very different.

Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.

I saw on HBO they were advertising a boxing match "It's a fight to the finish". That's a good place to end.

In my sport, the quick are too often listed among the dead