There are not going to be medals passed out to everybody in the world. It is going to be passed out to one person, the champion.

There is no good runner or bad runner. We are just runners.

Just remember I am more than four years. I am more than two bans. I have done a lot before, and I have done a lot after that.

Our sport is surrounded by nine seconds, and that's how long the attention span is for fans: if you can grasp those nine seconds, you're the man of the hour.

Track and field is a sport that's about 'What have you done for me lately?'

I really don't feel anything for the jaded fans if they don't feel anything for me. My fans who love me and care about me and support me - those are the ones I run for.

Even if you watch the races I won - the indoor titles and the Olympics - I've never really been a superfast starter.

Every year, I laid out a strategy of what I was going to do, and I was very successful. In 2003, I wanted to take the world by storm, and I did that indoors. In 2004, I wanted to run fast; I did that. In 2005, I wanted to be dominant, and I did that as well.

I want to go out there and show the world I can stretch my legs even more and exhibit more talent.

I wanted to see what sports were like... I went out for the track team. And then I got a D on my report card and my mom pulled me off the track team; I was very upset.