50 Quotes by Allen Johnson

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.