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Always educate yourself.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Education
Educate
Self Education
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I've always been successful at what I do.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Successful
Always Been
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I'm a red meat lover. I eat carbs. I love carbs.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Carbs
Meat
Red Meat
Lover
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Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Kids
Motivational
Athlete
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I think that every single person should play sports.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Sports
Play
Single Person
Thinking
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Being surrounded with such positive people always helps.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Positive
Positive People Always
Helps
Surrounded
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I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Athlete
Criticize
Injured
They Say
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If you're open for praise, you have to be open to criticism.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Criticism
Praise
Open
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I love Adam Gemili - he's the guy kids should aspire to be like.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Adam
Aspire
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I've never been one that was on a diet, because I always ate well.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Diet
Always Never Because
Ate
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A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Sports
Losing
Team
Good Me Because
Team Sport
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My dad is a great cricket fan, and I used to play a bit back in Jamaica.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Cricket
Jamaica
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With success always comes criticism. I've been criticized every year of my life.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Criticism
Life Success Always
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You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Medal
Going
Beat
Gold Medal
Hand
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In sports, big names and celebrities drive events, and that's what people gravitate to.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Celebrities
Gravitate
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There are many commentators who have said the wrong thing before. That's part of the business.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Wrong Thing
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When I raced, I had great parents, even a greater coach and a nutritionist. I was never insecure.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Greater
Insecure
Nutritionist
Coach
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Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Dream
Work
Dreams
Be Prepared
Hard
Hard Work
Passion
Prepared
Sacrifice
Your Dreams
Anyone
Follow
Limit
Work Hard
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When you can listen to others' perspectives, we can learn about the other people that make up this great country.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Great Country
Great Country People
Make Up
Perspectives
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Basketball is probably one of the best workouts you can possibly have, because it's cardiovascular and it's plyometrics.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Cardiovascular
Workouts
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If you botch a handoff or stutter step in a relay, then your team has to make up that lost time. It's always you versus the clock.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Clock
Lost
Team
Versus
Time Always Your
Time Step Always
Time Lost Always
Make Up
Relay
Step
Stutter
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I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Achievement
Atlanta
Games
Gold
Winning
Crowning
Olympic
Olympic Gold
Relay
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I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Guy
Jazz
Miles
Music Love
Davis
Love Music Jazz
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You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Capability
Good Friend
Thinking
Track
Good Friends
Mental
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I'm on Twitter, Facebook. There's a lot you can do with it, and it's great to keep in touch. I try to throw a few things out on Twitter every day.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Touch
Great Day Every Day
Facebook
Few Things
Throw
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What I did at the start of each season, regardless if I was coming back as the champion, was run indoors and take forward steps from the first race.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Champion
Race
Steps
Did
Back
Run
Coming
Each
Forward
Indoors
Regardless
Season
Start
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In running, I can internalize that intensity. I can handle it because it's me and I'm coming back in the next race. I'm always ready for the next race.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Running
Handle
Intensity
Next
Race
Ready
Always Me Back
Coming
Me Always Back
Internalize
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I'm a sprinter man. We don't jog; we don't walk. It's full-out. It's big engines. You don't take a car that has 600 horsepower for a cross-country drive.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Car
Engines
Drive
Take
Car Walk Man
Walk
Jog
Sprinter
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You put a very talented kid in a structured environment, where they get to understand and believe how talented they are, and you'll see some great results.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Environment
Great Results
Understand
Talented
Put
Structured
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I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Running
Breathe
Consistent
Race
Relax
Starter
Smoother
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The great thing with Usain Bolt is he fell into great coaching, so his talent was exceptional from Day 1. You can coach technique and structure, but not talent.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Exceptional
Structure
Talent
Technique
Bolt
Coach
Great Thing
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Im Jamaican, man. Im Jamaican first. You gotta understand thats where Im from. Thats home. That you can never take away from me. Im a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Home
Men
Firsts
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Whenever there is money, power, and titles involved, players are going to be corrupt. That might be a political statement, but that's what it is for the athletes, too.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Involved
Titles
Power Money Political
Athletes
Corrupt
Political Statement
Statement
Whenever
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I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. That's home. That you can never take away from me. I'm a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Home
Where Man Me
Understand
Home Man Me
Away
Take
First
Gotta
Never Take
Sprinter
Where
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I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Jobs
Opportunity
Diploma
Successful
Job
Across
Free
Border
Canadians
Degree
Gifts
Guess
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Our people historically have gone through a lot. That is our story. You can trace it all the way back to slavery. But it is incumbent upon everyone, no matter what field, to make it easier on the next generation.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Easier
Matter
Next
Next Generation
Slavery
Lot
Everyone
Make
Back
Through
Field
Generation
Historically
Incumbent
Our People
Story
Trace
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When I ran the anchor leg to a gold medal with my Canadian teammates Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Robert Esmie in the 4x100-metre relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it was my responsibility to motivate the guys as unofficial captain and leader.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Atlanta
Gold
Leader
Medal
Olympics
Ran
Responsibility
Anchor
Teammates
Captain
Gilbert
Gold Medal
Guys
Leg
Motivate
Relay
Robert
Unofficial
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A strained hamstring is a muscle tear and very easy to take care of with proper therapy. The greatest problem for a sprinter coming back from a hamstring injury is getting yourself to a point where you are confident mentally that all the muscles are going to be firing.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Firing
Injury
Take Care
Therapy
Muscle
Mentally
Confident
Proper
Sprinter
Strained
Tear
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I do a lot of media work, I've been investing and I'm involved with real estate. It's totally different from what I had been doing but I find it challenging and fun. To be honest, I really don't miss the track. I pretty well accomplished what I set out to do and it was time to move on.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Accomplished
Fun
Investing
Moving
Real
Track
Time Work Fun
Estate
Work Time Fun
Move On
Real Estate
To Be Honest
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I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.
Donovan Bailey / Olympic Athlete
Canada
Clients
Corporate
Elimination
Exercise
Long
Long Hours
Track
Track And Field
Burnt
Gravitate
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