I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.

I think that every single person should play sports.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.

Always educate yourself.

Im Jamaican, man. Im Jamaican first. You gotta understand thats where Im from. Thats home. That you can never take away from me. Im a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.

I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that.

I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.

If you give your best to someone it will most definitely come back to you, often from a different person altogether.

Healing is not necessarily about curing. As your inner light grows - anything is possible.

Going out is such a hassle. The singles club scene where you sit down, talk, get to know each other, hang out-it's such a big ordeal.

There’s no point in being unhappy about things you can’t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can.

You the devil in drag. You can burn your cross, Well, I'll burn your flag.

Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.

There has always been a part of me that saw wilderness and risk-taking as the path to freedom.

It must be the body. It's chiseled out of marshmallows.

Gratitude invites a sense of sufficiency.