Renaldo Nehemiah Quotations

I was clearly the best hurdler in 1980, and not getting a chance to go to the Olympics was very hurtful to me, ... It took me many, many years to address it. That was the single biggest motivating factor in going into football.

Sometimes guys get on a roll. Powell is on a roll right now.

Athens on the third (of July) probably sounds like the place.

I didn't understand it at the time, but I think Bill knew all eyes were going to be on me. Maybe he didn't want to be the one who, some might say, got the world's greatest hurdler maimed.

Dwight Clark told me that he thought I was a phenomenal talent, and that Bill Walsh would love a guy like me, ... Bill was intrigued. Once word got out that I tried out with the 49ers, I could've picked where I wanted to go.

The lure of money is greater than ever. The minute they run a fast time, everyone's whispering in their ear, telling them they ought to go pro. And every athlete wants to do it.

The athletes coming out today are marking $350,000 to $650,000 plus a year, just from their apparel deals.

I got in his face. You won the gold medal, I told him, but it's over.

Europe is where 85 percent of the prize money is.

The art form is to become one with the hurdle, to make it your friend, and I embraced that process.