"People say it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals."

"I ran so fast, I could outrun my own shadow."

"If you don't try to win, then why keep score?"

"The only way to achieve anything is to believe in yourself."

"I wasn't running against Hitler, I was running against the best athletes in the world."