Mark Spitz Quotes

The Olympics were something that was put in my path. I knew I was capable, I worked so hard for it, so I guess it's like, Why wouldn't I want to go to the Olympics? But it was never something that I was really, really dead set on. It was just what my coaches and everyone else forced upon me.

I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.

I played football in high school, I played baseball when I was younger, things like that, but I think it was the passion I had for track where you want to do an individual sport and be the best, I think - there's nothing that can replace that.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

Boxing has been great for me because it's, like, my new sport, so it's something that I can get better at.

The whole reason I did a bodybuilding show was to see how far I could push my own discipline. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. When I made the switch to acting, I was able to break that down into small, measurable goals like I did with bodybuilding.

I just wanted to be an athlete.

I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.

For me, it is important to do well in what I'm doing, to achieve the goals I have for myself.

I was really unfit for a while, so once I began running, I developed an obsession with it and started feeling really good. Then I thought I'd run a marathon after watching the London Marathon on TV. So I did it and had a good time. And then I ended up doing a bunch, and I was like, 'What if I could go further?' So I found out about Ultra Marathons.

The want to improve myself and win tournaments and see how far I go is crucial.

Thierry Henry is Thierry Henry. I still have everything to prove. By continuing to work, I will try to reach his level, but I am still very far off.

I push myself to the limit to do what I most like doing, which is playing football.

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport I was involved in, I wanted to go to the Olympics for that!

A football player at any level must set goals.

I always try to find something to motivate me to be a better player.

I want to play my best tennis and see how far I can go.

I'm generally a highly motivated person. I always try and be the very best I can be, so I'm just gonna try and take every day and be the best that I can be, and prove myself to the WWE Universe and the WWE in general, and see how far I can go.

The hunger has come back now because I want to be a double Olympic champion. I want to be a legend.

I'm in this sport to test myself. I want to see how far I can take this thing.

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

I love to see how far you're able to go, both in skills but also emotionally how far I can push myself.

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.