When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.
For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.
Once we got to the race track, everybody called me Bubba - we created a brand around it. Now it's become a household name.
I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.
My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.
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.
Track and field has always interested me.
I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.
Fitness has always been one of my strengths. I can do all the long-distance runs. When I was at school and we entered the competitions, I used to do the 100m, 200m, and the 1500m as well, so it's never just been a pace thing.
I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.
I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record forever. Now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.
When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.
I was a runner in Delhi's Army Public School. I started running when I was in class four and became the fastest sprinter in school and zone competitions by the time I reached class eight.
I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won't say excel in them, but I'd do pretty good.
And the line up for the final of the women's 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman
I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.
I think I always prefer the long jump, high jump, and javelin. I don't like the 400 metres and the pole vault except when I'm really in shape.
I'm glad women's sprinting is taking the course it is.
I began with track and field because this is what I know.
Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle, end, a story unfolding.
I used to cover track events for my radio show, and one day, as a thank you gesture, Bentley called me asked me whether I would like to test drive the Flying Spur. I was in dreamland.
My sophomore year I placed 2nd, and my junior and senior year - I got smart and piled up enough points between myself and second place where I didn't have to run the mile.
I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.
I had a great season and truly enjoyed competing around the world - from Monaco, where I managed to establish a world record, to Beijing, where I finally captured my first world outdoor title.
I grew up watching the Olympics and did some athletics for my school, winning the Welsh pentathlon championship.
