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

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

I run to see who has the most guts.

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.

What I want is to be number one.

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.