All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.
タグ: determination, my-life, me, life

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I always wanted to be a sprinter.
タグ: wanted, always
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
タグ: work, best, hard-work, life
The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.
タグ: winning, mind, you, sports
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.
タグ: done, pressure, professional, gold
I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.
タグ: always, will, feeling, people
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