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Catherine Ndereba Quotes

born 1972 Kenya

Catherine Nyambura Ndereba (born 21 July 1972) is a Kenyan marathon runner. She has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008.

Kenya
Sportspeople

Random Catherine Ndereba quote

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"From the Bible I have learned if you want something good, you must sacrifice."

“I always felt I could close the gap once I started pushing the pace.”

"If I have nothing to sacrifice, I have nothing to gain."

"I still do intense interval training. I like miles and quarters best. In races I can set my mind, and I believe I could break 2:20 again."

"If I had been able to run naked today, I would have. "Unfortunately I couldn’t, because my daughter was here watching… She wouldn’t like it if her mother was running without her clothes on."

"Takahashi’s run in Berlin made it so much easier for me. "It was like she broke a barrier. Before, women didn't think we could go under 2:20. In future, the next generation will run under 2:18. Maybe they will break 2:15 one day."

Attribution

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