I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared.

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.

I almost moved mountains, touched rivers, impressed deserts and motivated skies, but I never made it to your heart.

It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.

The reason I couldn't pay my rent was because I was one of the worst drinkers you'd ever seen in your life.

Good means ultimately he's producing character in me to conform me into the image of Christ.

And now it seems she's on my wavelength. That's all I need. My mind isn't much of a comfort to me but at least I thought it was private.

When students scoff at the idea of a magical relation between a picture and what it represents, ask them to take a photograph of their mother and cut out the eyes.

She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set.