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
consider double gold king means
Double gold means I consider myself right now to be King of sprints,
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.
shock
I was probably in the most shock I have ever been in my life. I was speechless.
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It was really exciting as a college athlete watching the red, white and blue run the last day. Everybody comes on the last day to watch the professionals, whether it's raining or not.
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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.
fast strong
With a fast track, right conditions, and strong competition.
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,
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We're just really, really close friends. If the situation were different we probably would be together, but we're just friends, and that's how we like to keep it right now. Hopefully things will turn out the best they can.
track looks may
I look at myself as the 'Batman' of track -- a vigilante. You may not like me, but I'm needed.
character athletic way
It is simply not consistent with either my character or my confidence in my God-given athletic ability to cheat in any way.
kings mean gold
Double gold means I'm king of the sprints. It shows I'm the best sprinter around.
training had-enough enough
I have had enough rest and enough training,
champion world want
I ran like a champion. It is a great consolation to show how dominant I am. I am the Olympic champion and the world champion, but I want Justin Gatlin to be the champion of everything,
sports running want
I don't want to leave the sport saying I could have run faster. I just want to be tapped out, like I gave it my all.