Starting Line Quotes

When we first began, we didn't have any hits.

I prefer starting. Anyone in this league does.

That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

It's not how you come out of the starting blocks.

My dad always told me you have to be as quick as you can straight away out of the box. Some people say, 'Feel your way into it; build it up.' No. My dad would say, 'Straight away, you have to be there.' And I think that helps to warm up your tyres and brakes to be on it a bit more from lap one.

It's always good to be back in New York, where everything started in my career.

When you only qualify in 18th position, you have to take your chance off the grid.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.

Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.

Everyone starts from a raw stage at some point of time.

The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.

I think there is no defending a title. You don't go into a season with a points advantage over anyone. So I don't think it's ever a title defence. I think you've got a different number on your bike, if you choose so, but everyone starts at zero again.

F1 always feels unreal until you arrive and get your first seat.

You’ve got to start somewhere in order to get somewhere.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start

I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.

I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world.

But whatever the ramifications, whatever turns the path takes, the beginning is always there, in a particular moment, a particular point of access.

We’re not at the endpoint of globalization but somewhere near the starting line.

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

I'm a good beginning key.

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.