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Once I start shooting that jumper, I feel like I will be one of those guys that is hard to stop.

We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two or three years on a whole new set of events. You're used to doing well and it's difficult to give that up.

Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

I want to jump far all the time and go out there and win medals.

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.

As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually.

I don't like one-foot jumpers like LeBron James. It looks better jumping off two feet. Every time Michael Jordan jumped off two feet, it looked so much better.

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

I thought I was going to jump further than that, but I don't care - I'm Olympic champion.