You have to know this: running a 100m race is an intense experience. You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.
It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to you that you worry about.
More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next.
I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is my commitment. No matter how bad it gets, I will try my hardest.
Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games.
I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly.
There is always the excitement of running races.
When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race.