Everything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth.

- Betty Cuthbert

I always felt free when I ran. I suppose that's what was good about it.

- Betty Cuthbert

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

- Betty Cuthbert

The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.

- Betty Cuthbert

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, becaus…

- Betty Cuthbert

You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in parti…

- Betty Cuthbert

I don't concentrate on things I can't do. I do what I can do.

- Betty Cuthbert

I can understand how evolution says, "don't believe in God", but I've never had this problem. I've always loved His creation. Unfortunately, this doe…

- Betty Cuthbert

I realized from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability.

- Betty Cuthbert