Dwight Phillips
Dwight Phillips
Dwight Phillipsis an American former athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump. He was the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. His personal best of 8.74 meters, set in 2009, makes him the joint fifth best jumper of all time...
ProfessionLong Jumper
Date of Birth1 October 1977
capable mind setting state
It's in me physically, ... I just have to put myself in a state of mind where I'm capable of setting a world record.
figured hard pass
I figured it was going to be hard for someone to pass me,
confidence good joy kicking
I get my confidence from winning, just kicking my opponents' butts every time, ... That makes me feel good and I get a lot of joy in that.
allow break conditions
I wanted to break the world record, but the conditions did not allow that.
breaking capable goal type win
In some type of way, I always feel like I'm getting overshadowed. But I did win tonight, and I do feel like I'm capable of breaking this world record. Somewhere, this year, that's my goal is to break the world record.
exciting four people rival three
I t's very important to have a rival in any event. I think,it's more exciting if you have two or three or four people challenging each other.
hard jump
It's very hard to jump when you're not pressured.
break feels following goal gold mike next promised record second
This second world championship gold feels great, ... Now my next goal is to break the world record. I have promised Mike Powell (world record holder) to break it. In the following competitions that is the only thing I am concentrating on.