Usain Bolt Quotes

The only time I mind autographs is when I'm out with my family. You're trying to enjoy kids and grandkids and here comes a swarm, and there go your wife and kids. That happens to every celebrity. It's the price you pay.

I must admit, the constant invasion of privacy was becoming a real concern. I've been asked for autographs while I've been doing laps in the pool and even in the toilet!

I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

Going out is the typical thing when you turn 18, but it's not really much fun when you have a recognisable face.

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

And people coming up asking for autographs, there's only one time when it kind of bothers me: when I'm eating.

I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.

The fame is the downside. I can't think of many positive things about it - except that when I go to parties, I don't have to stand there like a lemon.

Being famous is a bit dangerous sometimes.

Now I kind of have to watch where I go. I can't just wear whatever when I go out because somebody might want to take a picture. People are, like, taking pictures of me in my car when I'm driving. It's crazy. I kind of hate it sometimes.

Wherever I go, people want to come and meet me. At times, I feel a bit suffocated too, as I am unable to be normal and myself.

It wasn't very easy getting used to being famous. Everybody stared at me in the supermarket and on the street. I think my life changed, for sure.

I have to pay a huge price to express myself. You get people asking to take photos all the time; you can't ride the subway... I still ride the subway, but there's always people sneaking photos or coming up to you.

Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere.

I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to become a celebrity.

The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn't all good.

There's people outside our house; you get followed by photographers; you can't go out and have a cup of coffee with a friend without someone coming up to you.

I'm afraid of buying a house or anything, 'cause if there's one paparazzi outside for one day, then they'll never leave.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.