Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlinis an American sprinter, who is an Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter dash. His 100m personal best is 9.74 seconds. He is a twice World indoor champion in the 60-meter dash...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth10 February 1982
CityBrooklyn, NY
debating focus heads looking people putting year
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.
certain countries egos people point proven reliable run stick team themselves
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 enough to get the stick around.
key michael people records success
When you look at people like Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Maurice Greene, the key to their success was not world records - it was their dominance,
athletes bitter bring cut five four happy mad people somewhere ten
Don't bring ten athletes somewhere and then four or five of them are mad because they're not on the team, ... And then a lot of people are very bitter about it and they're happy to see us fail. It should be cut and dry. It should be these athletes are going to run, and if anything happens, we bring in another athlete.
last people tired travelling
I'm very tired after all the travelling in Europe. I wanted to put on one last 200 metres to show people it wasn't just a one-off.
last people tired traveling
I'm very tired after all the traveling in Europe. I wanted to put on one last 200 metres to show people it wasn't just a one-off.
believe hard-work people
People mistakenly believe that if you do nothing but train you can only get better. You've got to work hard, but the harder you work the harder you must rest and relax.
course great time
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.
both finish grab great nice race run tomorrow top
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.
half race second
The second half of the race was mine.
competition dreaming great lived since
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.
fast forward great last looking produced running
Pre has always produced fast times and great races. I'm looking forward to running fast like I did there last year.
gold olympic says
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.
blazing
Rain, sleet, snow? It doesn't matter. I'm going to come out blazing .