Gautam Rode Quotes

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.

I've always been athletic - did the 100 metres and 1500 m at school, cross-country races - and did well in them.

I used to run 800 metres for the school.

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

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

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

If I run 100 meters 30 times, that is 3 kilometers and no longer a sprint.

When I was in school, we would always have running races. I was good at it. Always sprinting. I can run long distance, too.

I grew up watching the Olympics and did some athletics for my school, winning the Welsh pentathlon championship.

Fitness has always been one of my strengths. I can do all the long-distance runs. When I was at school and we entered the competitions, I used to do the 100m, 200m, and the 1500m as well, so it's never just been a pace thing.

If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.

I think I always prefer the long jump, high jump, and javelin. I don't like the 400 metres and the pole vault except when I'm really in shape.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian.

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

While shooting 'Selma,' I would train on my off time with the assistant men's track and field coach at Georgia Tech.

In the fifth grade I discovered something I could do better than the other kids. One day, the teacher set up a bunch of chairs, and she had everyone run to the chairs and back while she timed us. I had the fastest time in the whole school!

When I was in high school, I ran hurdles, but I was really short, so I'd barely clear them. I was pretty quick, but I had little legs, so I had to take 50 steps in between each hurdle.

My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports.

I played football all my life throughout high school and ran track.