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The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

I never think about records. I focus on my race and try to get onto the podium consistently. It's hard enough to do that.

Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came to feel like races, which are fun to run sporadically but not daily.

I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men.

I always try to do better than I have before, so I think it would be good to break the world record.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.

The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.

My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings.