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When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the New York Diamond League meeting last year. It was raining pretty hard then.

— Oscar Pistorius

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't really worry about the weather... as long as you have good access to the stadium, that's the one thing you worry about.

— Jeffrey Lurie

I have played in rain before. I have played in wind before. I have played in cold before, but not all put together. They were the hardest conditions I ever played in.

— Michelle Wie

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

— Bill Rodgers

You don't think about the cold weather. I'm just going to go out and play ball, do the best I can, and hope the team wins.

— Mickey Rivers

I'm suited to harsh conditions, I don't like racing in the heat.

— Lizzie Armitstead

When you fully focus in the match, you don't think too much about the atmosphere and the climate. Even if the temperature goes up, we will both sweat the same.

— Lin Dan

Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games.

— Asafa Powell

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

— Alberto Salazar

I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.

— Paula Radcliffe

✗Opposing Perspectives

The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold.

— David Rudisha