Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Peter Snell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a New Zealander athlete Peter Snell.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Peter Snell

Sir Peter George Snell was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics, in 1964.

Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do. — © Peter Snell
Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do.
As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances.
I think I've seen the fastest miler ever. His name is Morceli.
Running cleared the day's cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering me, or to detach and think of nothing at all. When it's pouring rain and you're bowling along through the wet, there's satisfaction in knowing you're out there and the others aren't.
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