How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes?
Michael JohnsonOn the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one.
Michael JohnsonA good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.
Michael JohnsonI'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.
Michael JohnsonThe only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your lap, only then do you deal with it.
Michael Johnson