Quotes By Michael Johnson

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.

The only one who can beat me is me.

I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody.

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.