Allen Johnson Quotations

So many people ran so fast this season. It will be more difficult this time to win. But I am looking forward to this race.

Old stars fade, new stars light up the sky

One FEMA guy told him that the flooding is turning into their scenario of what a nuclear blast is.

My disease is shared by many Americans, and you either understand it or you don't,

I felt like I was being blown backwards,

We've been told they have to be 'completely self-sufficient,' ... so they have to take their own food, water and clothing. There is no local support.

He's a great kid. He's been coached in football his whole life. His dad has been a Pop Warner coach for 30 years, so you know what you're going to get from him. I'm really impressed with how he played in this game.

His unit is in charge of 5,000 homes, and they've only been able to search about 2 percent of them. People are standing on roofs or sticking their hands out of air vents so they can get rescued.

He is very fast, but there's no main rivals in the world championships.

It is one of the ironies of American history that the settlement of the Mississippi Valley and of the Gulf plains brought acute pecuniary distress to the three great Virginians who had bent all their energies to acquire these vast domains.

Liu is a great athlete and I congratulate him to win. I know Liu is extremely popular in China and I am very excited about this new event and the fact that I raced against Liu in his hometown. This is my first visit to Shanghai and I love this place. I am very surprised with the reception we have been having.

Liu is a great athlete and I congratulate him to win, ... I know Liu is extremely popular in China and I am very excited about this new event and the fact that I raced against Liu in his hometown. This is my first visit to Shanghai and I love this place. I am very surprised with the reception we have been having.

It doesn't happen all that often. But the officials here made the calls they felt were right.

I thought I wasn't going to reach the next hurdle. I hope it changes tomorrow.

Man, I was so upset with my defense from last week,

I was more grassroots, ... They wanted someone out of the box.

We enjoyed this one, but it would have been much sweeter if we'd have won last week.

To like these kinds of cars, you have to be a romantic who loves history, ... When you fix them yourself, you're not just getting into the heads of the designer but into the heads of the guys who made the tools for the designer. It's an incredible trip.

We're evaluating it with the sports commission. We're certainly going to look at it, especially the boys. We're definitely going to look into it to see if the economics work. The mayor, Buddy Dyer, likes the tournament.

Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.

I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career.

We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.

A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can clean his mind as he would a slate with a wet sponge, is ignorant of the simplest facts of mental life.

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.

You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.

We want to live a simple life, ... I want to emphasize I'm not an environmentalist who goes to church. I want my principal identity as a Christian to be someone who follows Jesus. I want to work for peace and justice, care for God's environment, be a good neighbor and friend and live the right life.

It's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well.

People often remain in the dark, not due to lack of light but of failure to open their eyes.

We have five ambulances evacuating coastal patients, ... We staffed five extra ambulances to handle that, and evacuations will continue (today).

We quickly deployed a team to get him under surveillance.

When I went past him I relaxed too much. Then when he pumped back up my body wasn't in the right position to accelerate.

When I went past him, I relaxed too much. Then when he pumped back up, my body wasn't in the right position to accelerate.

When I went past him I relaxed too much, ... Then when he pumped back up my body wasn't in the right position to accelerate.

When I went past him, I relaxed too much, ... Then when he pumped back up, my body wasn't in the right position to accelerate.

The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.

That's what we expect him to do every night,

This is where new stars are made, old stars fade away.

It's a big problem for the police as well as for us.

It was a very tough year for the 110m hurdles. Every competition is like a World Championships final,

It's been a really, really tough year, but it's been a lot of fun. Every competition is like a world championship final. I am still motivated to continue until Beijing 2008.

It's been a really, really tough year, but it's been a lot of fun.

I'm very happy. It's been a really, really tough year. I am still motivated to continue until Beijing 2008. Motivation comes even without big championships next year. I will work on technique and basic training.

I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport. If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays.

I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport, ... If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays, so I am appreciating competing now and having a ball.

The earth is the Lord's. Psalm 24 basically says the earth is God's property. We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on earth to see it isn't ruined.

The car uses two brass acetylene-fed headlights, which were missing, ... We found a matched pair that had been painted. The crazy thing is, we found them at two swap meets in two different states.