Quotes by Craig Masback

“It is sad when any athlete makes the tragic decision to cheat because it robs other athletes of their deserved recognition and hurts our sport.”

“Eugenes bid proposes an unprecedented focus on athletes and plans for celebrating the sport that will make it a great fan experience,”

“Hayward Field is hallowed ground in our sport and Eugenes vision for what they can do to connect tracks past, present and future won the day.”

“Given the fact that more than 50 years since the first sub-four-minute mile, we still celebrate an athletes first time under that barrier, Dons achievement remains remarkable,”

“At a personal level, when I moved from the 1/2 mile to the mile as a college junior, I used the experiences and stories of those milers who came before me for education and inspiration. Don, too, moved from the 1/2 mile to the mile in college, and his 3:58.7, which made him the third-fastest miler ever when he ran it, was remarkable in part because he ran it on the same day that he took a final exam in Berkeley. For an athlete like myself, who aspired to be a student and an athlete throughout my career, Don was and is a true role model.”

“The average age of the gold medalists is 23.5 so when youre thinking about moving forward to Beijing and Osaka before that, you have to feel pretty good about that,”

“Allyson and Justin showed the world that the United States is stronger than ever in the sprints,”

“The average age of the gold medalists is 23.5 so when youre thinking about moving forward to Beijing and Osaka before that, you have to feel pretty good about that.”

“Allyson and Justin showed the world that the United States is stronger than ever in the sprints.”

“In order for America to confront this issue, it needs to be raised to a level of importance, and having the president of the United States talk about it cant help but do that. The battle can never be won unless it becomes an important American issue.”