Justin Gatlin Quotes (36 Quotes)

It would be a great time to try for the 100m world record. I'm the world champion. Of course I want that world record.

It would be nice to grab first place in both events. If I run a great race tomorrow I can finish top of the 200 as well.

says the Olympic 100-meter gold medalist. ''If I go out and do great, it'll be, 'Well, Asafa wasn't there.' That's the first thing they'll say.

I think it really stakes the claim that I'm the champion, ... I run like a champion. I show up big when it's time to show up big.

I feel I established better credit to my name, being more consistent this year, running bigger races, and hopefully next year I can do the same thing, run quality races in fast times on fast tracks.

One thing we don't have that other countries have is discipline, ... You have egos that get in the way, people who want to run certain legs, or who feel they should be on the team when they haven't proven themselves to the point where they're reliable eno

The time would have been faster and the world record would have been threatened. But I still would have beaten him. If he's ready, bring it on, I'm the Olympic champion and the world champion.

I'm still dominant and that's what matters, ... But rain, snow, sleet, it doesn't matter. I'm going to go out and try and win a gold medal.

Really So I did get some kind of record, huh It's great to show how dominant I am this year, running fast times consistently and winning every race. I prayed before the season to be dominant, and it's all come together.

I knew Tyson gets out very fast, and Wallace comes on strong at the end. I had to make sure I was patient throughout the whole race. I was pawning, playing chess with the guys.

Times are very important (this year) because there are no championships.

With a fast track, right conditions, and strong competition.

It is such a great honor.

I don't have any time now.

It was great. That's the biggest cheer I put out the whole time I've been here. Seeing her win the gold medal, she deserves it more than me. She worked so hard, she's been through so many coaches and so many ups and downs that a lot of people don't know.

I just thought it was a little nerves from the start a lot of these guys have never raced in a stadium that big. Leonard stuck out his hand. Mardy held onto the stick tight, a little too tight. Leonard went to grab it and obviously had a good grip on it, and he was taking it out of Mardy's hand, and Mardy still wouldn't let go.

I most definitely can get faster than the 9.88 from Helsinki with that bad weather.

Pre has always produced fast times and great races. I'm looking forward to running fast like I did there last year.

I've been dreaming about this since I started racing. I've lived for this moment. it was a very great race, the competition was stellar.

I am really pleased with the season this year. I feel I have established better credit to my name and feel I am more consistent. My hamstring was a little bit tight about 20 meters to the finishing line, but it was a good race, I think my performance was good, the competition was great.

The first time I was in Icahn Stadium, I knew you could run sub-10 on that track. It's New York, hey. It's where I was born, where I was raised. There's not a lot of tracks I can call home, that have a home feel about them, and I think this can be one of those places for me.

It's great. I like the way it is now. You have to have room for error to make mistakes to be better next time around.

I thought that the light wasn't as bright in art as it was in track and field.

The Penn Relays is the only meet in the world where, when I walk into the stadium, I get chills.

Most people would be debating in their heads what to do in a year like this. It is all about preparation and I am just looking at putting out superb times. All I have to do this year is focus on my race.

My job was to come out here and get the 100 and 200 gold medals. That's what I did. The (relay) was icing on the cake. Obviously there's no icing now, but I feel sorry for the guys who came here with dreams to win a medal. ... They didn't get that chance.

Double gold means I consider myself right now to be King of sprints,

I'm a little bummed that we had a strong head wind like we did. I haven't run that slow in a long time.

Leonard Scott ran a very good technical race, Sean Crawford came through easily, everybody's running really fast and times are pretty much equal in the first round. So everybody's going to have to come out and put their game on.

Double gold means I'm king of the sprints. It shows I'm the best sprinter around.

It was really exciting as a college athlete watching the red, white and blue run the last day. Everybody comes on the last day to watch the professionals, whether it's raining or not.

It makes a great story for track and field. I have the Olympic gold, he has the world record. It's a duel for the times.

They were playing duck, duck, goose with the lanes. They couldn't find out who was in Lane 3 or Lane 7 or Lane 8, so they switched it around. Then the announcer called it with the wrong lanes, so they switched it around again. They did that about three times. But the audience was patient, we were patient and we put on a good show.

I ran like a champion. It is a great consolation to show how dominant I am. I am the Olympic champion and the world champion, but I want Justin Gatlin to be the champion of everything,

I wouldn't say they have asked for input, ... but, I mean, I'm the one who's out on the track and I'm the one who's possible going to drop the stick or be getting the stick around. So it all falls on me and us athletes who are out there on the track. So I think that we should have more input than coaches at this point in time.

I am working on my start, once I have a good start, I think I can go to boundaries that no other man has been to.