After 'Kelis Was Here,' I was done. I was like, 'I will never put out another record again; I hate this business; I hate all these people.' I was in this race that I didn't even realise that I was in.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.
Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.
I race to win, not to please people.
I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive.
I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.
I've lost a lot more races than I've ever won... it's all part of the journey, really.
I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.
I know I'll never feel that sensation of racing and winning again and that took a while to get used to. The Tour was a race I never thought I could lose.
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