Track And Field Quotes

“It won't change that I'm an Olympian if you call me a football player, and it won't change that I'm an NFL player if you call me a track and field athlete.”

“Track and field is a sport that's about 'What have you done for me lately?'”

“I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.”

“I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.”

“I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.”

“Nothing against the Olympics. I played in 2012 and it was an incredible experience. It's different for tennis players than for swimmers and track and field athletes. That's the pinnacle of their sport and not so much the pinnacle of tennis.”

“Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.”

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

“When you think of the Olympics, you think of wrestling. It was a marquee event in ancient Greece and in the modern Games. After running, it was the next sport to be part of the Games. Like track and field, the Olympics are the highest level. Some sports, it's just not as special.”

“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.”

“When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do.”

“Track and field is definitely a science and each year as an athlete you try to develop and become stronger.”

“In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole.”