“An athlete needs to run against the best in the world as often as poss...” — Colin Jackson Quote

An athlete needs to run against the best in the world as often as possible to get into a groove quickly and be ready for the World Championships.

I always think the best way of motivating yourself is to put yourself in a situation where you feel like you're belonging to something.

Linford can be a gentle and a good man who could inspire many people. But as an adult he also needs to take responsibility.

Every day as an athlete, I would perform with injuries and then hobble into bed but then go out the next day and do it all again.

When you spend all of your adult life doing something and suddenly that stops, you think: how am I going to earn money? How am I going to live?

It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.

I think when you're chasing major championships, any of them will do.

It's like I was taught and I'm always saying it. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

The Olympics in '92, I didn't contribute that much. I had more to do with winning the National Championships than I did the gold medal.

I have a deep desire to have success, to play a high level, and to win championships.