Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Sanya Richards-Ross

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Sanya Richards-Ross.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Sanya Richards-Ross is a Jamaican-American former track and field athlete, who competed internationally for the United States, primarily in the 400-meter sprint. Her notable accolades in this event include being the 2012 Olympic champion, 2009 world champion, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, and 2005 world silver medalist. With her victory in 2012, she became the second American woman to win the 400 meters at the Olympic Games and the first American woman to earn multiple global 400-meter titles. At this distance, Richards-Ross is also a six-time U.S. national champion.

American - Athlete | Born: February 26, 1985

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Sometimes I say the medication is even tougher than the illness.

Sanya Richards-Ross

For all of my life I'd been extremely healthy. I'd never had any health issues, so to go from being perfectly healthy to having this very rare disease was scary. In a lot of people it is very severe. Some people go blind, you can have neuro-lesions which affect your brain, so I was very nervous.

Sanya Richards-Ross

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

Sanya Richards-Ross

My indulgences are Skittles and rum raisin ice cream.

Sanya Richards-Ross

My favorite healthy foods are Jamaican chicken soup, Jamaican chicken stew peas, Jamaican brown stew chicken, plantains and banana chips.

Sanya Richards-Ross

I can't live without eyeliner.

Sanya Richards-Ross

Most of the time our events aren't in the papers and they're not televised, so people don't know when we're competing.

Sanya Richards-Ross

I feel as healthy as I've ever felt.

Sanya Richards-Ross

Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle!

Sanya Richards-Ross

It's about staying ahead of what happened yesterday. When you just in your mind think...nothing's going to stop me. I don't care how I felt yesterday. I'm gonna go out today and do what I know I can do. If you can just tell yourself...no I'm stronger than this, no I'm better than this, no I'm faster than this, no I'm tougher than this. I think you can make it through situations that your never thought possible.

Sanya Richards-Ross

No matter what you're trying to do there will be noise in the market... Before the race starts, I'm already focused on the victory.

Sanya Richards-Ross

Focus on the victory instead of on everything that could go wrong.

Sanya Richards-Ross