For me, there's a lot of expectations and you want to be able to live up to them.

I'm always nervous. If I wasn't nervous, it would be weird. I get the same feeling at all the big races. It's part of the routine, and I accept it. It means I'm there and I'm ready.

I have learned that track doesn't define me. My faith defines me. I'm running because I have been blessed with a gift.

I'm really laid back but I still like to dress up sometimes.

I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.

I try to think about my goals. I think about my competitors-I know they're working hard, and if they are, I have to work hard too. I have to be one step ahead of them.

Everyone sees the glory moments, but they don't see what happens behind the scenes.

Every moment is not great and sometimes those are the moments in which you learn the most.

My speed is a gift from God, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, it all comes from him.

Philippians 1:21 is very special to me because it helps to keep my life centered.

I'm just competitive. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to win.

We need words from heaven. Too many words come from the human heart and not from heaven. God wants prophets who will bring words from heaven that will change things on earth.

Every search for a hero must begin with something which every hero requires - a villain.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.

I'm not a matchmaker. I'm a horrible matchmaker. I always try. I'm not very good.

There is only one thing that makes any one athlete better than another, his heart. We all put our underwear on feet first, so we are all human.

The point of Islam is to promote peace.

Spirit is the only truth within us, the rest is all untruth.

I was born in the 50s, my mom was pregnant in the 50s, [Frank] Sinatra had that big come back around then, From Here to Eternity.

I would hope I would inspire kids everywhere to know that you can do anything you put your mind to.