Top 86 Quotes & Sayings by Mary Cain - Page 2

When I kick I tend to be a little bit too tight and all over the place.

I'll do my core, I'll do my strength training, I'll do my occasional cross training if I need it.

If you don't have good running form, there's only so fast you can go.

I often kind of forget about my running. It's not until I'm really at these competitions and at these meets that I really remember what I do.

I don't really think of records beforehand. I don't want them to freak me out.

There's something really fun about being a kicker. Once you get to 200 to go and you're still with those girls, you smell blood.

All of my friends and a lot of kids at school know what I do. It's really something that's a big deal in my town. So it keeps it really special when people do congratulate me.

I have decided, and am truly excited to announce, that I will be turning pro. I believe that, in the long run, this is the best way for me continue to develop as an athlete.

That's one reason I think the 1,500 is so exciting. You have to be strong, have to be a distance runner. But in that last hundred you are going all out.

My goal is to demonstrate that you can have a happy, full life and run at your highest level.

As long as I really stay on top of my school work, which I'm for the most part able to do, it's really no problem, me missing school.

My training is about growing, and getting better.

Tracksmith came to the table with an outside-the-box opportunity to join their team as both an athlete and employee, to pursue my dreams, contribute to a team and build a career.

Going pro out of high school maybe won't work for everybody, but I know that wherever my career goes I'm happy with the choice I made.

I'm used to running against the clock.

I'm definitely somebody who wants a college degree. My attitude is, if I'm going to do it I'm going to go full in.

Now that I'm officially signed with Nike to get to race with the Oregon Project, it's definitely a dream come true.

Getting to wear a Team USA uniform is amazing. I really wanted to get a uniform.

It's nice in that I have my track life and I have my school life, and so far I've been balancing them really well.

When I was out in Portland there was a lot of really great things about it. But being home, I'm a New Yorker, and I think I've really enjoyed being back out here.

Sometimes, I do think it's important to not get super ahead of myself.

It definitely is very exciting running against professionals now. Many of the runners in my races have amazing resumes and a lot of experience, so I just remind myself that every race is just a learning experience.

I have a lot of confidence. I'm just excited to compete, and run well.

Returning to running has been a really cathartic experience.

I think it went really well. There was part of me that really wanted to go with the rabbit. But, honestly one thing that I struggle with a lot is really just competing...being in a pack, running with a lot of bodies. I'm 17 and I'm still not really used to it, so the goal today was to just race.

I never let myself get psyched out. My motto is, ‘Stay calm and carry on.’