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.

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.

A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.

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One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.

You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.