Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
One of the best track and field athletes in history, he won four Olympic gold medals and eight more World Championship gold medals.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth13 September 1967
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
dream motivation inspiration
It is clearly not the journey for everyone. People succeed in as many ways as there are people. Some can be completely fulfilled with destinations that are much closer to home and more comfortable. But if you long to keep going, then I hope you are able to follow my lead to the places I have gone. To within a whisper of your own personal perfection. To places that are sweeter because you worked so hard to arrive there. To places at the very edge of your dreams.
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Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
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Protect your good image from the eyes of negative viewers, who may look at your good appearance with an ugly fiendish eye, and ruin your positive qualities with their chemical infested tongues.
motivation inspiration
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
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You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.
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That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
strong discipline champion
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
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I always wanted to be a sprinter.
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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.
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I know principals all over the state are very concerned about participation in this new program.
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All things being equal, in many cases an equity rally benefits the credit market.
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All respect to Alvin, he's a great player, but I don't honestly see any chance for us slowing down. If you talked to him, he'd probably say the same thing.
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The last two games, Charles has graded out the highest among the receivers. Charles is not only catching the ball, but he's blocking.
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The kids are improving from last week. The big surprise for me was Justin Bowie in the long jump. We just have to keep improving and good things will happen.