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Calvin Smith Quotes

born 1961 United States

Calvin Smith (born January 8, 1961) is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former world record holder in the 100-meter sprint with 9.93 seconds in 1983 and was twice world champion over 200 metres, in 1983 and 1987.

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Random Calvin Smith quote

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At least, the truth is there in print. It’s there for the record.

It is what it is, and the medal from 1988 is still bronze.

A lot of my speed was God-given, but a lot of it was just plain hard work.

Whatever happened, I knew I was going to do it the right way.

In many cases, the sport was condoning the athletes taking drugs. Ben was typical of what was going on in the sport then.

Because people need to know the truth. It’s part of history. I just wanted to have it down on record all the things that went on during the time I was running.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Calvin Smith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.