A cross-country runner is a landscape panter.
Anon |
Don't talk about Michael Johnson's style. Look, if that guy ran with his fingers up his bum he could still run 42 seconds.
Roger Black (1995) |
I am still looking for shoes that will make running on streets seem like running barefoot across the bosoms of maidens.
Dave Brosnan |
I have always sensed the exhilaration and independence of being self-propelled. Besides, you can jog while pushing a baby carriage. Maybe I'm a product of Wonder Woman comic books
Nina Kucsik |
It always makes me laugh. It's such a wonderful treat: To see an athlete run a mile And only move two feet
Anon |
L'Huomo Dull personified. Seb Coe in a C & A V-neck is like a square peg in a round hole.
Peter Freedman Glad to be Grey (1985) |
Linford Christie: the generously-beloined sprint supremo.
Punch |
On Moses Kiptanui breaking eight minutes for the 3,000 metres steeplechase - Moses finds the promised land.
The Observer headline (1995) |
On the 1968 Olympic steeplechase champion - Amos Biwott leaped the water jump as if he thought crocodiles were swimming in it.
Joe Henderson (1968) |
Only think of two things - the gun and the tape. When you hear the one, just run like hell until you break the other.
Sam Mussabini |
Running is an unnatural act, except from enemies and to the bathroom.
Anon |
The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the pangs of childbirth.
Avery Brundage (1956) |
There is no path I follow. I feel as if I'm just drifting along, because although I can progress physically, through my training, mentally and spiritually I don't know what the hell I'm doing. It's like that car sticker: 'Don't follow me, I'm lost'.
Steve Ovett (1978) |
There's nothing new you can say about Linford Christie - except, he's slow and has got a small penis.
Nick Hancock They Think It's All Over BBC TV (1995) |
