Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnsonis a retired American hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHurdler
Date of Birth1 March 1971
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm very happy. It's been a really, really tough year. I am still motivated to continue until Beijing 2008. Motivation comes even without big championships next year. I will work on technique and basic training.
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It's been a really, really tough year, but it's been a lot of fun. Every competition is like a world championship final. I am still motivated to continue until Beijing 2008.
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We have five ambulances evacuating coastal patients, ... We staffed five extra ambulances to handle that, and evacuations will continue (today).
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That's what we expect him to do every night,
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The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.
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One FEMA guy told him that the flooding is turning into their scenario of what a nuclear blast is.
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My disease is shared by many Americans, and you either understand it or you don't,
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So many people ran so fast this season. It will be more difficult this time to win. But I am looking forward to this race.
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Old stars fade, new stars light up the sky
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I felt like I was being blown backwards,
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Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.
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I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career.
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We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.
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A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can clean his mind as he would a slate with a wet sponge, is ignorant of the simplest facts of mental life.