I've seen it dozens of times. Trust me, it's more important than getting the quote. Also, implore, entreat, and yell loud. This might work if it weren't for the other 10,000 media yelling the same thing at the same time. It also might work if I were carrying one of those lethal TV cameras.
Track stars love to talk to people with TV cameras.
They have less time for us skinny folk with the scratch pads. Still, with luck and a lot of standing on tippy toes to hear what's being said to the guys with the deadly weapons, I can pick up bits and pieces of sentences. Also, all the people with scratch pads, feeling part of a downtrodden caste, share quotes with each other. I'll give you a Maurice for a Marion. After a full series of heats have been run, I dash upstairs to the press bleachers.