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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.

You know, when you run you got to be all in and you take risks of winning and losing.

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.

I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.

I love competition because I've always run faster when somebody was running next to me.

A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.

I never played for records. If I had played for records, then I would have had many more runs against my name. If, by your performance, the team wins, then that is what is most gratifying.

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.

You can't ever make the perfect run, but you can make the best run, and then you clock the fastest time, and that's a win.

When you take the world record, a lot of people are going to go out there to get you, really. I kind of enjoy that. I like being chased.