Many think that elite athletes like me are taken care of. But that is not true, only a few like Sindhu are looked after well.
Physically, when you are fit, mentally you are more alert and confident.
Right from my childhood I used to physically fight with boys.
Getting a medal is not a small feat, irrespective of what color it is.
In fact, I am a bit apprehensive about biopics on sporting personalities in our country after seeing a few films. But my biopic is not going to be the same; it's completely different.
If I lose a match, I don't get sad or feel down. But if I lose a close match, I surely have sleepless nights.
If you keep winning all the time, you may not learn a lot, but failure has a lot to teach.
I stopped playing mixed doubles and there is no result in mixed doubles. I was world number six. People who are talking about me and my performance and questioning my career and my achievements, where is the next mixed doubles pair, please show it to me. I would like to know.
Being a player, I am supposed to train and practice and only think about my game, what I have to develop and what weaknesses I have to take care of.
In doubles there was nobody before me. I have changed how people look at doubles.
I have done nothing wrong as captain of the Delhi Krrish Smashers franchisee in the IBL.
I don't expect people to understand, but as players who love the sport and have constantly been thrown a rock at by our association and now the Govt, there is only so much one can take.
Consistency is most important in international level and once you have it, you become a different player.
Unlike badminton playing major nations of the world, we never had a specialist doubles coach and so the discipline remained neglected.
I don't court controversies, but when I state facts, which are hard to digest for male-dominated authorities, they call them squabble.
I have fought back. From not being allowed to play, I have now qualified for Olympics in two events, it is satisfying. I feel proud.
Justin Gatlin (QID920947)
Usually everyone fast is young. But I don’t let age define my ability and drive to be the best I can.
Justin Gatlin (QID920946)
I never stop to think about my age really. I just listen to my body and it tells me if I can or can’t.
Justin Gatlin (QID920945)
I think people need to stop looking at trying to be the judge, the jury and executioner and let the system do its job.
Justin Gatlin (QID920943)
People want to label people and that’s all they want to do. They don’t want to get to know them, they don’t want to understand the story, in-depth.
Justin Gatlin (QID920942)
I’m 34, and I’ll be the oldest sprinter ever on a podium. I’m just happy to be here.
Justin Gatlin (QID920941)
As a kid, I thought if I could move my feet fast enough, I could run on water.
Justin Gatlin (QID920939)
Once I was away from track and field, I was able to realize that life is something you really have to work on.
Justin Gatlin (QID920938)
I remember reading one blog site where one blogger said I looked like a professional wrestler on the track. I was a big boy. I was looking at myself in the mirror and saying, ‘I look good!’ But I wasn’t looking race good.
Justin Gatlin (QID920936)
When I get up out of bed, I’ve got to be Justin Gatlin, and I’ve got to be Justin Gatlin 100 percent.
Justin Gatlin (QID920934)
At the end of the day, when you command a certain power in track and field, you sometimes you have to exercise it.
Justin Gatlin (QID920933)
It’s an Olympic year, man, and crazy stuff always happens in an Olympic year.
Justin Gatlin (QID920932)
I feel like once you start to tell yourself that it’s your last year, you kind of aren’t as sharp and lose some attention, drive and hunger.
Justin Gatlin (QID920931)
I was jogging in the grass while on a warm-up and there was a sprinkler hole. I rolled my ankle, and it was really bad.
Justin Gatlin (QID920929)
I needed a break from track, the media and the world. I wanted to just be me.
Justin Gatlin (QID920928)
Track and field is definitely a science and each year as an athlete you try to develop and become stronger.
Justin Gatlin (QID920927)
I’m a big believer in the notion that to know where you are going, you have to know where everything has been.
Justin Gatlin (QID920926)
Once I found out that track and field was an organized sport, the era I followed more closely was that of Maurice Greene and Michael Johnson.
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