Tyson Gay Quotes
born 1982 United States
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters.
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Jon Drummond has helped me a lot, because it would have been very difficult without any coaching.
Obviously he has to have some type of discipline to be able to have two back-to-back years like he has had.
I will now relax and have some massages before concentrating on the 200 metres.
I never am going to say I can't beat him because in my heart I believe I can.
Something is causing my hamstring to lock up for the past month or so.
I can’t yet believe that I am the World champion.
It is time for Tyson Gay to put up or shut up.
Coming up short in '08 and not making the final, it was terrible. I have to bring the hardware home. I have to. I would trade anything in the world for that.
Exactly. And he has the world records and the medals.
Sometimes I get to talking that I can beat him, After a while I have to do it or shut up.
I know that I have a bad start. That has always been the case, even in high-school.
But he hasn't run 9.5 in every meet.
At the end of the day we all know he has something that we don't have, and we would all like to have that one day.
With this guy's stature, and this guy's mental ability and physical ability to do the things he is doing, I think we are coming close to that.
At the beginning of the season I had a lot of success and ran great times, but then I was feeling a bit tired and my results were no longer that good.
I don't think I have reached my full potential in either event,The 100 is just something I want to prove to myself and the world that I can do, and the 200 is my first love.
I was nervous and was asking myself if people would accept if I would not win – but my mother and my family all calmed me down before tonight.
Of course I want to beat him, I don't know if it's a question of 'how badly'. It's more of me wanting to do the best I can do. He is the best right now and I want to be the best.
For me the key is to stay healthy, And I still continue to try to work on my start. That is something I have been struggling with for years and I just have to have that perfect day one day.
I have done a big step forward in the direction of Beijing 2008 – and this will be the big goal, Beijing in another year. We have to wait and see what happens until then. The World record is a goal as well. But I want to do it step by step.