Christian Coleman Quotes

I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.

When drivers are going at their best, trying their hardest, taking chances and doing amazing things, that's what fans love.

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

When you're walking into the stadium, you just say to yourself, 'the 100m is the same anywhere, the shot put is the same weight anywhere.'

I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.

I wouldn't know who Michael Johnson was if he didn't run fast times.

I ran track, and I was really good at it. I was really fast.

Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the land; I'm the fastest man in mixed martial arts.

In 100m, the timings fluctuate.

If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them.

I would love to have a race against Usain Bolt one day! It would certainly be a good challenge for me.

My favorite runner is Usain Bolt, who happens to be Jamaican and is the fastest man in the world.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.

It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.

The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve.

No way did I ever think I was going to win the 100m.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.

The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.

There are guys out there faster than me.

I like to race, not to do laps alone.

I love racing and I love doing well.