Mary Cain Quotes

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Mary Cain

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 3, 1996

Different people have different things that trigger them to realize their situation was not OK. In events like the #MeToo Movement, there are many cases where it took decades for someone to talk about their situation. That doesn't mean their stories aren't valid.

Mary Cain

For many years, the only thing I wanted in the world was the approval of Alberto Salazar. I still loved him. Alberto was like a father to me, or even like a god.

Mary Cain

Returning to running has been a really cathartic experience.

Mary Cain

I joined Nike because I wanted to be the best female athlete ever.

Mary Cain

Now that I'm officially signed with Nike to get to race with the Oregon Project, it's definitely a dream come true.

Mary Cain

So in my sophomore year of high school, I ran in Barcelona for the World Junior Championships, and I set the national record for the girls' 1,500 meters in doing so.

Mary Cain

We live in a society in which female weight is both fetishized and also under so much scrutiny. And so trying to shame somebody into losing weight is just such, I mean, an emotionally, psychologically and mentally traumatizing way to coach somebody.

Mary Cain

And I know I will run for the rest of my life because the actual act and art and feeling of running I love, and I hope to compete on a high level.

Mary Cain

I hope to be out there showing people that you can come back from really tough, awful times.

Mary Cain

The biggest thing that I've appreciated is that a lot of brands have stepped up and sent me stuff. As a professional runner, for many years I've been given Nike clothes. It's been kind of cool and fun to try something new and to do something that I haven't done in six years - train in non-Nike gear.

Mary Cain

Sometimes athletes are expected to lose weight over the course of the season. But usually they work with a professional nutritionist. There's not some arbitrary target that's trying to be reached. It's more go through the process - train hard, eat well.

Mary Cain

Societal pressures can really force girls to look one specific way, when in reality there's not one way to be good.

Mary Cain

In so many ways, I just love athletics. It would be really hard for me to pivot outside of the sports world.

Mary Cain

I think you have to be a leader to be a coach. I think you have to be somebody who is willing to stand up even when it's hard.

Mary Cain

In terms of just the number of people who run, New York is really unlike any other city. We have such a culture of people who would qualify themselves as runners, and then we have a whole host of people who maybe wouldn't consider themselves a part of that community, but who do actively run, whether it's for exercise or whatever reason they want.

Mary Cain

I feel like in New York, we could of course open up more bike lanes, but I think it's even more important to create access for people to run, because I think it's more open to people of all socio-economic backgrounds. I think it's even more of an equalizer, in terms of sports.

Mary Cain

My attitude is, especially in New York, we have some pretty brutal summers in terms of humidity. So for me, if you survive a summer of running in New York City, you get your runner badge!

Mary Cain

I think for me, I've always come back to the fact that I feel most alive when I'm racing. That sounds very cliche, but for me the reason I feel that is because racing is that opportunity to really find your limit.

Mary Cain

Nobody goes into a sport saying, I want to be the fourth-best person. We all want to be No. 1.

Mary Cain

I want to stay humble and not sound cocky. But at the same time I don't want to be the little high schooler.

Mary Cain