Long Jump Quotes

It was not about the guy who could jump the furthest; it was about the guy who could jump the furthest on that particular day in the worst conditions of any Olympic long jump final.

I want to jump far all the time and go out there and win medals.

Track is my passion. I started playing at 4.

I wasn't jumping like Carl Lewis, but I still won an Olympic title.

I know I'm a dog. I'm a beast especially when it comes to long jump.

My teammates give me a hard time about that all the time, 'Hey, if you catch the ball and get in an open field, I want you to long jump from the 10 into the end zone.'... I might make it happen one of these days.

I like to listen to my iPod and also play music. I've been doing percussion since I was eight or nine. Rhythm is crucial in long jump but also in life.

I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.

Hopefully, I can get multiple distances out there and re-establish myself as one of the best jumpers in the world.

If you jump, you best jump far.

Track and field has always interested me.

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps.

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

Thankfully, I found athletics. My mum didn't like it at first, but the funny thing is that, now, she's the biggest athletics fan out there. She's a real expert, and she's got all the heptathlon books.

There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.

The heptathlon is made up of seven events, and people have strengths and weaknesses.

I don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers.

I wasn't a very athletic boy. I was once lapped in the long jump

At cricket, I was mainly a bowler and tried to bat. I hit the odd four or six and then got out! In athletics, I was mainly triple jump and 200m.

In England I played everything - swimming, athletics, football, rugby, badminton, cricket - all of that stuff. I was in the first teams for all the sports at Brighton, played on the wing in rugby, and ran 100m, 200m, 400m, and did long jump and even the javelin at one point. In the States I did a bit of track, but mainly I was there for the boxing.

This is the home of hurdling, and the Americans are the kings of the event.

My local newspaper, the 'Bend Bulletin,' interviewed me while I was at high school after I had just signed with the University of Oregon. I remember I wore a University of Oregon hooded sweatshirt, and they took a picture of me in the long jump pit. I was freezing!

Decathletes have to train for every event: sprints one day, field events the next. You pump up to make yourself strong enough to throw? Try pole vaulting at 250 pounds. There are 32 guys in most decathlons, and they're in 32 little track meets.

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.