A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

Michael Johnson

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.

Examine the opportunities, and the challenges you've given yourself.

Examine the opportunities, and the challenges you've given yourself.

Your problems pale in comparison with those of the millions of people in the world who do not have enough to eat.

Your problems pale in comparison with those of the millions of people in the world who do not have enough to eat.

Be who you are in every situation.

Be who you are in every situation.

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

The only one who can beat me is me.

The only one who can beat me is me.

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner every time she ran, I ran.

I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner every time she ran, I ran.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.

I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.