What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.

What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

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.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

A race is a work of art.