Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.

I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.