- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.
- Confident
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm disappointed when people don't expect that of themselves.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.
- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be a sprinter.
- Goal
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won all the races, but Butch was the world record holder before I came into the sport, he was extremely talented and he was the only other man running 43 seconds.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an athlete, I'd average four hours a day. It doesn't sound like a lot when some people say they're training for 10 hours, but theirs includes lunch, massage and breaks. My four hours was packed with work.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only one who can beat me is me.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020