Quote

When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow.

In 2008, Pistorius was the only guy who could run under 22 seconds at 200 m. So I said I would run as fast as that in London. I practised; I trained.

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

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.

I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and later gave me my first instructions in sprinting. I happened to be at the right place at the right time.

I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school.

If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men.

It is funny to me that because I can run, because I'm athletic, people tend to see that as my only asset.