Alistair Brownlee Quotes

#1. While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living.

Honore De Balzac

#2. I train for about 30 hours a week. That's at least four hours every day. I swim at seven most mornings. It's got to be your life. You've got to fit everything around it. If that's all you know and it's what you love to do then it's got loads of positives as well.

Alistair Brownlee

#3. Triathlon has quite a short season. It only runs from May to September so there's a lot of time when you're not racing. So I try to set myself the target of doing a certain amount of training every week and things like that.

Alistair Brownlee

#4. I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously.

Alistair Brownlee

#5. It's not crazy if I see monsters when I live in a fucking nightmare.

Leah Raeder

#6. I'm so fucking happy you're here," he whispered. "It makes it hurt less.

Jane Harvey-Berrick

#7. The main thing with triathlon is you've got to be as fit as you can. I train all year round.

Alistair Brownlee

#8. I've never made a conscious effort to do anything about my psychological side. I just try to think positively and enjoy it.

Alistair Brownlee

#9. You need to enjoy yourself and just get into the routine of keeping fit and enjoying being active. That's always easier once you've made friends in the sport.

Alistair Brownlee

#10. Even someone who works with me, like this girl who works with me, her name is Sue. She lives with me and holds the fort; she takes care of all these little things. She takes care of the money situation, and I would not be able to live without someone like that.

Caprice Bourret

#11. But once in a while the odd thing happens
Once in a while the dream comes true
And the whole pattern of life is altered
Once in a while, the moon turns blue

W. H. Auden

#12. Every athlete has training they enjoy and training that they do because they have to and they don't enjoy so much. Do the training you love, remind yourself why you do it and hopefully it'll all come good for you.

Alistair Brownlee

#13. In a film, if you can capture what's going on underneath, you can begin to make a connection between the character and the people watching it.

Annette Bening

#14. I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season.

Alistair Brownlee

#15. I always try to keep in mind the I do all that training for a reason, which is to compete to the best of my ability.

Alistair Brownlee

#16. In triathlon you don't get to race that much so when you're on the start line you just need to make sure you focus on the job in hand and enjoy yourself.

Alistair Brownlee

#17. When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.

Mahatma Gandhi