Athletics Quotes
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- I have observed in women of her type a tendency to regard all athletics as an inferior form of fox hunting.
Evelyn Waugh Decline and Fall (1928) - Italian men and Russian women don’t shave before a race.
Eddie Ottoz - On a report which revealed today’s youth put sex as their number one sport- It seems today’s youngsters have one-track minds. Unfortunately it’s not the athletics track.
Anon spokesman (1994) - On being asked if there would be any late night goings-on during the Olympics -I certainly hope so.
Kate Schmidt - On his success in the Superstars TV programme -1 still think I could be the best pole vaulter in Britain, but I’m in danger of falling between two stools.
Brian Hooper (1982) - On Sing-Sing Prison’s athletics day- We do not have cross-country and we do not have pole-vaulting.
Gerald Curtin - On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one.
Michael Johnson (1993) - The French cannot produce great track-and-field teams like they can produce great wines for probably that reason: the winemakers got in first.
Michael Lourie (1980) - They may have helped Linford Christie shave a millisecond or-two off his personal best but not everyone is Linford Christie. And contour-hugging cycle shorts can cruelly expose anyone whose performance falls an inch or two short of an all-comers’ record. You need a full kitbag to get away with this particular garb. That might explain why so many men wear their cycle shorts under their regular strip.
Richard Littlejohn Punch (1992)
