Quotes by Maurice Greene - Page 1

I don't think about second or third place.
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Third
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I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful.
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Thankful
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To be number one, you must train like you are number two.
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Train
Two
Like
Number
Must
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If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.
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Fulfill
Will Your Never
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It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters.
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Matters
Shine
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You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.
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Emotion
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Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it.
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Capable
Handful
Winning
Physically
Among
Athletes
Elite
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Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.
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Not Perfect
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Everyone is coming after me now. Fine, let them keep on coming. I'm the fastest man in the world, no doubt.
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Doubt
Fine
No Doubt
Man World Me
Fastest
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Weather is uncontrollable. Only the Lord above can control the weather. Whatever we get, we have to work with.
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Lord
Uncontrollable
Weather
Above
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It's a mental battle trying to come back from injuries and I don't feel like having that mental battle with myself.
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Battle
Injuries
Mental
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The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.
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World Record
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I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative.
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Appreciative
Crystal
Palace
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Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record.
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Athens
Championship
Medal
Home Great Where
Won
First World
Great Place
Second Home
World Championship
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I have a God-given talent and I work very hard for what I do. Anybody can run fast. It's how you run fast. I pay attention to technical things now.
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Pay Attention
Talent
Fast
God-Given
God-Given Talent
Technical Things
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You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.
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Believe In Yourself
Waste
Waste Of Time
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My stance has always been that there's no place in our sport for drug users. I've always said it's a ban for life if you come up positive. I stand by that.
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Stance
Users
Positive Life Always
Ban
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You have to know this: running a 100m race is an intense experience. You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.
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Emotion
Intense
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If you look at the sponsors who were in the sport 15 years ago compared to now there are a lot fewer. Why? Because those runners who took drugs tainted the sport. They tainted all of us in it.
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Fewer
Runners
Sponsors
Tainted
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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.
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Every Second
Every Step
Finish Line
Gun
Finish
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In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole.
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Baseball
Bottom
Coverage
Golf
Pole
Totem
Totem Pole
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You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it.
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Attitude
Best Way
Recognise
Special
Track
Track And Field
Best Great People
Athletes
Sport
More People
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You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do.
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Attitude
Best Way
Recognise
Track
Track And Field
Best Great People
Athletes
Intend
More People
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