Roger Bannister Quotes

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.

Nike came to me and said, 'We're interested in the decathlon and interested in seeing if we can help you get as close to 10,000 points as we can.'

I've got so many big gains to make in the javelin and the shot put. I know I'm not going to be winning the field in those events, but I need to do myself justice.

I think people will be surprised at how fast they go next year. I do think world records will get broken next year.

I had no trainers to play, so I went barefoot. Everyone else had trainers. I also remember running 9 km. to training one day with ripped trainers. The sock kept coming out of the shoe, so I'd have to stop and tuck it in.

The work I do with my physiotherapist has been instrumental in keeping me healthy, and it's a big reason why I'm able to continue to improve my game.

As fighters we want to do the best we can, so we visualize what we want to happen.

Whether it's in the weight room or extra stretching, you never know when you're going to need that little extra oomph.

When you have good runners, you always run fast. That's the motivation for me. But I have room to improve in my technique and in the start.

Things for me really started to click right after my third year in the league. I sort of figured out that there were a few things that I needed to do if I wanted to get better - I needed to gain some more weight and add some strength.

For me, it's about consistently churning out performances and looking to improve at the same time.

My job is to keep my players fit and fresh for the important games.

Being an athlete, my job was to physically perform.

I train great outside of camp but then once camp starts, it's just a constant weight cut.

I need to get better as a player, I need to get fitter, and I need to get better on the mental side. It's exciting for me, because there's so much I could do better. I don't feel like I've really maxed out any shot. People talk about my serve, but I think that can even get better.

You can tell when someone has been on steroids A guy bulks up, has a new body and never gets tired...You see these guys or girls who come onto the tour talking about their new training programs and their diets where they eat this or that new thingbut they'll never tell you about the drugs they took.

I never performed on drugs. That'd be stupid. It's the same thing with athletes. They can't perform when they have cocaine problems.

I prepare myself in the summer to play 48 minutes. It's not a logical goal, but that's the way I prepare.

If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.

We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player.

Back when I was training, probably the only nutritious thing on the market was Gatorade-that's all that we knew. But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field-to enhance their physical appearance. I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it. You have a lot of people on the run and really don't have time to sit down and eat a balanced meal.

I like to think that when an athlete wears Armani, it makes him or her feel confident, and as we all know, confidence is fundamental to winning in any competition.

Steroids, used correctly, will not only make you stronger and sexier, they will also make you healthier.

My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.