Maurice Greene Quotes & Sayings

“You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do.”

“You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.”

“It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters.”

“If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.”

“Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.”

“I have a God-given talent and I work very hard for what I do. Anybody can run fast. It's how you run fast. I pay attention to technical things now.”

“I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative.”

“It's a mental battle trying to come back from injuries and I don't feel like having that mental battle with myself.”

“To be number one, you must train like you are number two.”

“If you look at the sponsors who were in the sport 15 years ago compared to now there are a lot fewer. Why? Because those runners who took drugs tainted the sport. They tainted all of us in it.”