Maurice Greene Quotes

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.

If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

To be the best, you need to be the most well-trained and well-prepared athlete you can be. The pressure is going to be all around you. You just have to make sure that your body and mind is fine-tuned. Then you go out there and do it.

I only think of my practice and running as fast as I can.

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

I feel like pace is a huge part of being successful through preseason and then on into the season.

Truthfully, what we do in training is 10 times harder than what we ever have to do in a competition.

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.

I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.

I think for me I've always loved being in the water and I love training and I love being at the pool so you know it's not a chore for me to go training, but come race day I would never just train to train - I train to race.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

Competing helps me to polish my shape.

I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.

I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam hard. If I didn't, I knew I would pay for it either the next day or the next meet.

A lot of times when I ran, to be honest, I didn't know where I was in the race. So I always was looking up at the scoreboard to say, 'Just call my name to see where I am,' because I tried to have such tunnel vision not to distract myself.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

I must refine my training every day to give myself the best opportunity to achieve my dreams during the Olympic Games in Rio.

I am just going to try to run my personal best. If it comes as a world record, I would appreciate it. But I would treat it as a personal best.

The most important thing is winning, not breaking the world record.

I just concentrate on my performance and the football.

I'm simply trying to go as far as I can go in racing.

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