Asafa Powell Quotations

Over the years I have been kind of lazy, thinking my talent alone can do it.

Everyone is looking for me to bring a gold back home, and a lot of people in other places are expecting me to win.

From Day 1 I wasnt planning to run until I am very old.

I said to myself, if I was in the race, I know I would have won.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

I want to be the king of sprints because I think I am.

I know, I'm like a kid. Maybe I was a bit too spoilt growing up. Everything just came like I wanted it to.

Athletes try to get other athletes out and they should have no false starts.

I am a bit different from the other sprinters because, I would say, I can run many different ways while the other guys they just came on and they can only run one way.

Sometimes I'm at home and I remember I'm supposed to do 100 push-ups and I don't.

I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything.

I can run sub-10 any time but I'm just not ready.

I am still the fastest man on earth.

I am trying to attend every training session and do all of my workouts.

Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games.

It makes me feel like a brother, or a son that people still care for me... that I have so many fans, who write to me and share with me that I am loved and have been an inspiration. My Dear Fans This I Promise I Will Never Forget. One Love!

I should just stay composed and run to the finish line.

I did not really expect to run from behind. But I have the confidence in myself and I knew I could do it. So I just went out there and pushed it a little.

I am almost 30 so I am approaching this one as if it will be my last Olympic Games. I want to put out 110 percent to make sure that I am up at the top.

I am quite confident in my ability. I'm sure I would have run real fast. I never doubt myself, so it would have been a good race out there.

I'm a little bit anxious, it's my first real competition since the injury. I still have a little fear ? but it's only a mind thing.

I finally did it. Further on in the season, I'll try to break the record.

I feel really good that I got through. It's early in the season, I'm really fresh on the track.

I feel really good that I got through.

Well you know I wanted Australia to finish the race and give us a really good run so we could have done a better time, but unfortunately the baton fell.

People have been saying that there might be a curse stopping me from getting my first major title, but I have proven to the world that I can do it. This might sound a little shocking, but we were not really training for this.

I still need some more days but I am not giving up the season because it is getting better day by day.

That was my first major championships back in 2002 and I didn't get to perform as well as I wanted to because I was young and I was just coming up.

I was quite nervous out there. I haven't been on the (Melbourne) track for almost a year now, so I need the confidence. But I'm the world record holder and I had to prove that I am.

I was only following instructions, my coach told me to run the first 50m and then take it easy.

Three gold medals, that's a lot, yeah it's possible.

We will win (the final) anyway because today we got lane one and that was real hard and tomorrow we will get a better lane for sure, lane three and that will boost up our team more and we'll be fine.

I wanted Australia to really finish the race and give us a real good run so we could get a better time but it was unfortunate that the baton (for the Australians) fell.

Sometimes guys get on a roll,'' former 110-meter hurdles world-record holder and current agent Renaldo Nehemiah told me Wednesday.

Actually, I wanted to get it over with. Further on in the season, I'll try, for the record.

It's okay for a first competition for the guys.

It's good to know that I can do it again for my country. It's a very, very good feeling. I am really very excited and I know people will also be excited in Jamaica.

It shows no-one knows how fast a man can run

That guy is a great starter but I knew I had it from the start.

It was a great race. He's a great champion. I respect him a lot.

It was a good race anyway. He's a great champion.

I'm really happy for the guys that they were able to get a gold medal.

I'm real proud of her ... a Jamaican double is great. It felt good.

I'll be there and we will win the relay gold for sure,

In the final tomorrow we will make one change (Chris Williams coming in) on the third leg and I think that will boost up the team a little more.

If I thought about (the record), I would have broken it but the key is to have fun. (The fans) are crazy out here. It's like I was in Jamaica. I'm excited to see the people. The fans are what fuel me.

I felt that I am not yet ready and that I would not post a good time. It is frustrating to not be able to run. Because I knew after my performance in Athens that I could have pushed the world record in this season even further.

I felt that I am not yet ready and that I would not post a good time,

I don't think anyone can really dominate. By running 9.77sec this year, I did something no one has ever done. A lot of people would like to have that world record and I'm sure that includes Justin Gatlin.

This is my first major championship and it says to the world that I can do it.