Arjen Robben Quotes

I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed.

I can't remember what times I used to do in training because I always loved football and didn't have any interest in an athletics career. But I was always the quickest.

Aaron Gordon, obviously, is a great runner.

I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed, that's something I had to work really hard at.

I like a man who can run faster than I can.

I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won't say excel in them, but I'd do pretty good.

We are just not made up to be middle distance runners.

Running is just a game to me.

For 100 m., you have to go out fast but also bring it back, so we've been doing a lot of work on the back-end speed.

I've always been working hard on my speed for the last few years. Obviously I'm not slow, but as a striker, the more speed you have, the better you are.

I ran like a cheetah - well, like a cheetah that smoked too much.

Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, 'When are you gonna start running hard?' The wind hits me in the face, and I feel so smooth... Man, I love to run!

One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power.

What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?

The advantage doesn't come because you can run more than someone over 90 minutes. The advantage comes when, in the tenth minute, I'm sprinting back and making another guy chase me. By the end of the game, that guy's worn down, but I can still keep going at the same pace.

I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I was once young.

I'm active - I like playing football, but I'm not very good. I like running, but I'm not really fast.

I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively.

To be a striker you need to be in good shape.

I first discovered my turn of pace when I was playing football as a kid.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

I dream about running all the time.

I got very fit that week with all the running around that we di. I was always last, because I can't run as fast as everyone else. I'm useless at running.

I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.

When I played, I had a natural ability to jump and run, and I just wanted to get bigger and heavier.