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Brittney Reese Quotes

born 1996 United States

Brittney Davon Reese (born September 9, 1986) is a retired American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and a seven-time world champion.

United States
Sportspeople

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I want to come back to the IAAF World Championships in 2019 (in Doha) and be mentally and physically strong and for that, I need to rest my body.

I just want to make sure I inspire him to do great things in life in general and he inspires me also.

I can only focus on myself but I like how the event’s getting stronger - I think we’ll have some surprises.

I know it’s my destiny to be here so I’m living out my destiny.

Throughout my career I have always had a belief I can be the best. Even when times are tough, I always believe I can win.

A lifetime dream of mine is to be a coach so I will absolutely go back into it, I love being able to give back to the community.

My inspiration is certainly the youth, Athletes are role models and I feel the kids are the future so we have to get to them first.

Right now, I’m real confident in what I’m doing - I know it will be tough but I want to make history and if I get the national record, that will be fantastic.

Mentally I’m strong and my 6.88m was my first time going off a full approach. In my first two meets, I had fouls which were close and they were 7.26m and 7.11m so I know I’m where I need to be.

Take the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, for example. I struggled in prelims and only qualified in the 12th and last spot. Yet I still had a belief I could win in the final, which I did. This is always very important.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Brittney Reese (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.