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When I was in high school, I ran hurdles, but I was really short, so I'd barely clear them. I was pretty quick, but I had little legs, so I had to take 50 steps in between each hurdle.

We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events - they don't come as naturally to me as running and jumping. I like the hurdles and the high-jump, I'm a springy, speedy athlete so those suit me.

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.

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

If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.

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.

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.

Hopefully, I can get multiple distances out there and re-establish myself as one of the best jumpers in the world.

I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.