Sentence examples for great sprinter from inspiring English sources

I am a great sprinter and I just want to show the world that I am.

To be a great sprinter, you need formidable power – you can't train yourself to be Usain Bolt.

Football has a way of luring converts, including Bob Hayes, the great sprinter who became a wide receiver with the Cowboys.

"A lot of people are of the belief that you have to be short, strong and stocky to be a great sprinter and Usain Bolt has defied that," said Trinidad's Richard Thompson, who finished second in Beijing.

The kid who hoped would make it, you realize he's not going to be a national-level midfielder, but he's got a great first five steps, he could be a great sprinter".

As Lewis's inspiration, the great sprinter and jumper Jesse Owens, observed of the aftermath of his success: 'That golden moment dies hard.' On a brilliant, late summer morning in Pacific Palisades, a spotlessly affluent suburb of Los Angeles, it has to be said that the golden moment looks very much alive and in the rudest of health.

Great sprinters, after all, require great rivals to lend gravitas to their legacy.

Far more probable is that the old adage of coaches, that great sprinters are born not made, is true.

We both were great sprinters, good jumpers, but over the long run we've got to work on those throws.

Only a few great sprinters, Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in particular, have been close to 200 pounds.

But the news conference also had serious moments, as when Bolt was asked to compare himself with great sprinters past like Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis.