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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I might not be the best vertical athlete, but I think I'm quicker than people give me credit for. That was the biggest knock on me coming out of college.
Nobody is faster than me.
When I hit New York in 1972, I thought I was a sprinter. I thought that I would star in a Broadway show and do a movie and win an Oscar by the time I was 25. It turned out that I'm a long distance runner.
I'm a really fast runner. No one can catch me - I'm quick.
I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.
When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.
At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.
When I came here at UTech, everybody was saying I was too short, and I shouldn't think about running fast; it's going to take me a while to run fast.
I'm old school. I'm not the fastest guy or the quickest guy.
I'm not the fastest guy or the quickest guy.