When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.

The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.

After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.