Maurice Greene Quotes

I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative.

It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters.

You have to know this: running a 100m race is an intense experience. You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.

Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

Everyone is coming after me now. Fine, let them keep on coming. I'm the fastest man in the world, no doubt.

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.

If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.

You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.

I have a God-given talent and I work very hard for what I do. Anybody can run fast. It's how you run fast. I pay attention to technical things now.

Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it.

Weather is uncontrollable. Only the Lord above can control the weather. Whatever we get, we have to work with.

I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful.

In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole.

It's a mental battle trying to come back from injuries and I don't feel like having that mental battle with myself.