Linford Christie

“I am not a cheat. I have never cheated in my life.”

“Age is nothing but a number. It's all in the mind.”

“I always run my own race.”

“You've got to be selfish to be a sprinter.”

“I'm not the sort of person who gives up on things.”

“My philosophy is that you don't go into a race to think about winning it. You go into a race to run your best.”

“People said that I was an old man, that I was past it. They've been saying that for the last seven or eight years. I've been hearing that for a long time and it's just a matter of proving them wrong.”

“The first thing I'll do when I get back to my apartment is bake a cake.”

“You have to have a certain arrogance to be a sprinter. I'm not saying I'm arrogant, but you have to be confident.”