When you're gone I can go running though the house screaming and no one will ever hear me.

When you're gone I can go running though the house screaming and no one will ever hear me.

Michael Johnson

Over the years I have been kind of lazy, thinking my talent alone can do it.

Over the years I have been kind of lazy, thinking my talent alone can do it.

I said to myself, if I was in the race, I know I would have won.

I said to myself, if I was in the race, I know I would have won.

I am trying to attend every training session and do all of my workouts.

I am trying to attend every training session and do all of my workouts.

I am still the fastest man on earth.

I am still the fastest man on earth.

I should just stay composed and run to the finish line.

I should just stay composed and run to the finish line.

I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.

I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.

A bird, music and food -desert island items

A bird, music and food -desert island items

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.

You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.

You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.

You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.

The only thing you can never change is your values.

The only thing you can never change is your values.

How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes?

How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes?

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.

A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.

Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity.

Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity.