Jenn Suhr Quotes

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.

The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve.

I love getting out of bed for competition.

I think as a player there's a sense of urgency every single year that this is the year we're going to have success and do the things we're excited about.

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

Every time a young player comes in, he is excited and wants to prove himself, but also in football, the other players want to prove themselves to any new player that comes in, so that competition is the only way to stimulate performance.

I've never been a numbers guy. Numbers don't excite me. Winning games excites me.

When we go to the pitch, that's all we want to do - we want to win - and when the game finishes, if you win, you go home happy.

Before, when Bolt was in the race, it was about who's going to get second. You just come and want to watch Bolt run, it's always exciting because you know he always puts on a show.

I love to play finals. I love to play on the big stadium.

My first event was in Nottingham, aged 11, and the prize was a bike. I thought, 'Wow.' I had no idea what to wear. I think I did it in swimming trunks, then just put on a T-shirt and shoes for the bike part. Triathlons felt exotic. There was a technical and tactical aspect to it as well as the endurance challenge. I was hooked.

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

I just want to go out there and have the best matches I possibly can.

We go out there and kill it every night, and you can see what this means to people.

Put me in the game, and my team will win 9 times out of 10.

You don't go into coaching if you're not willing to step into that moment and go, 'OK, this is what it's going to take, and this is why you do it.' Everything hinges on winning and losing, right?

The adrenaline is very important for me when I go in to bat. That makes me tick, makes me think better. When your energy is up and running, you have a much better chance of doing well.

I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.

As a competitor, as a guy that wants to play, of course, it would be great to go out and play.

You get frustrated because you're so competitive and you want to win every drill.

If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them.

At the end of the day, everybody wants to win.

I love competition.

We at ESPN like competition. It makes us better. It makes us sharper.

Athletics is not like cricket; we feed on the competition and that makes us bring out the best in us.