Athletic record Quotes

The 1500 m. record was considered impossible to break.

In 1984, as a college freshman, I spent a fall weekend at a friend's house in suburban Chicago. His father worked for Beatrice Foods, a sponsor of the Chicago Marathon, and we watched that race from the finish line as a Welshman named Steve Jones set a new world marathon record. I was bewitched by the race and, especially, the clock.

That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record

Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get.

I never thought of breaking a record. The only ambition I had was to become the fastest century maker for India, which I did when I broke Azharuddin's record.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

It's crazy because it's a British record and a personal best, but I wanted that 2 m. I cleared the 1.97 m. first attempt with space, so I think I could have done a little better.

I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.

My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.