Danilo Di Luca Quotes

My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race.

I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

If we're going to run for points we need to run in the top-five every week.

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.

I'd rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesn't sound too good.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

If an athlete takes a shortcut - literally, for example, by running a street that shortens the marathon route by a quarter mile - he or she doesn't have an insurmountable advantage. But it's an unfair advantage, and in a field of equally matched athletes, it's more than enough to make a difference.

I don't always match up with guys like Dwight Howard or Andrew Bynum, but when I do, those guys are a challenge. Dwight, for example, is quick, explosive, and strong all in one.

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That's what I enjoy now.

There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.

Running was the first thing I discovered that I was any good at.

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!

I think I just went into a system that was willing to utilize me and gave me opportunities and I felt fortunate to be able to go to Oakland and put the silver and black on. I wanted to prove to everybody that I could still play.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race.

I just feel like the way that I play, you know, I'm such a patient runner that a lot of people look at me as slow. But I'm not a slow guy.

There are athletes out there trying to get every advantage they can, including things like muscle and low-fat percentages. I feel if I'm the better fighter, I'm the better fighter.

Second doesn't mean anything in cycling.

I remember running at school sports day, and I would win everything, but I wasn't a super athlete or a superstar at high school.

My body of work speaks for itself. I don't need anybody in the media to tell me I'm a good defensive player.

This is my third year in a row where I'm one of those players that has a chance to win the Race to Dubai. I just think it's important this year that I take the experiences of 2017 and 2018 into it and know that it still takes a lot to do it and it's not in my hands at all.

I believe that if I can qualify for the Olympics, I have the skills to compete at the highest level and do good for my country.

It's a tough league and it's hard to play every game.

It's good in tennis that you don't have to be big or a tall guy to be good. Otherwise I had no chance to get in the top 20.