I never single out any one competitor. I treat all my rivals equally.
Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
I love competing. I am so competitive. I definitely need to win because I hate losing. I am the type who if I know I will lose I won't compete.
I still have the drive. I just want to push the barriers and see what I can do and how far I can go. I am just determined and driven.
I've learned over the years that if you start thinking about the race, it stresses you out a little bit. I just try to relax and think about video games, what I'm gonna do after the race, what I'm gonna do just to chill. Stuff like that to relax a little before the race.
When I'm at the gym, I think about chicks, going to the beach, and looking good. I do it for the girls.
It's always a wake-up call to get beaten.
Women always find you out when you lie. Always. No matter what, they always find out. They're like detectives.
You have good days and bad days.
When I was younger I always wanted to impress, to be good for my country, to make them feel good, and sometimes that meant I didn't focus on myself enough. I learned I had to put myself first. And it's fine because I want for me the same thing that they want for me, which is to win.
When people see your personality come out, they feel so good, like they actually know who you are.
I try to live my life to the best, but I just always preach that you should just work hard and do your best.
I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.
The more success I have with track and field the bigger my brand is. So I would say I'm more of a brand now, trying to build for the future.
Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
I swim when I am injured. What the best guys do is so hard. Michael Phelps is the best.
Racing comes easily to me, especially the 100 metres. That is why, no matter how fast I run the run the 100 metres, the 200 will always mean more to me, because of the effort I've put in.
I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that.
I am now a legend. I am also the greatest athlete to live.
Sleep is extremely important to me - I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do to be absorbed by my body.
I have to show who I am, play with the crowd, play with the camera. When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation, "What is he going to do?"
There is no stress. I live my life, I enjoy it and when I am comfortable I can get married.
I am doing what I do [athletics] because the fans love it and it's a part of me, it's my personality. I think people come to see you run fast, but they also come to see a show, a performance. They want to see a personality, and that's what I give them.
If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.
