Wallace Spearmon Quotations

Last year was a bad experience, ... It was my first time really running rounds, especially with big name people. I had to race Gatlin twice, made me look pretty bad.

Now that Tyson has added this $25,000 incentive, I am more determined than ever to try and break the world record. With such a strong field in this event the winner will have to show he has a combination of power and endurance. The winner of this race will no doubt also be the new world record holder.

From the day that I didn't make it, he told me he wasn't going to run, but I didn't believe him until I got out here and finally got in that first race, ... Now I'm starting to believe.

It is my job to make sure he doesn't get two golds, ... I want to take one home, too. He can't be greedy.

There are always going to be people who doubt your ability, ... No matter how successful you are, they're going to doubt your ability.

With guys like this you really don't have a choice but to break a world record.

Now did you all see anything wrong out there? ... We all looked happy. We're good. I love everybody. I want to go celebrate.

I tried to get out strong, eat up the field, see where I was in the back stretch and come home.

I'm going to try to finish up his duties,

I'm thinking about it, ... I was supposed to play football when I first came here. That was what I was recruited as first, was a football player. It just didn't work out.

I'll be doing more of it in the future. I'll do a mixture of both (the 400 and 200), it just depends on the year, as far as the major championships and Golden League and everything.

I can't believe he did that. At least wait until you graduate or something.