A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

The idea of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing my specialty to someone who wasn't running his specialty. Mostly, the idea of losing in front of my people. They haven't forgotten about me.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Nobody likes tainted victories.