25 Quotes by 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 doesn't mean any_thing to some people, and I just don't get that! After all, if you just read the Bible plainly, it tells you everything. From Creation, to the Flood, to Jesus. I can't see how you can come to the conclusion, there is no God.

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

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 particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed.

While I was out I did the right thing, by being in the public and being noticed, but I loved to get home and have my little security.

I've always loved God, His creation, the plants, the trees and the animals. Mum went to church and sent us to Sunday school.

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, because children are just not taught the right way.

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

I realised 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.

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