#world record

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection. ↗

— Maurice Greene

#i #just #looking #me #perfect

Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record. ↗

— Maurice Greene

#championship #first #first world #great #home

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#association #athletic #break #cannot #competed

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#feat #great #me #record #world

When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours. ↗

— Daley Thompson

#decathlon #hours #i #like #lost

But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#anything #away #bonus #championships #days

Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#been #breaking #conditions #i #i can

World records are only borrowed. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#only #records #world #world records

I certainly didn't think of a world record in the first 50 meters because I was simply too slow for that. ↗

— Otylia Jedrzejczak

#certainly #first #i #meters #record

I've set no world record. ↗