50 Quotes by Donovan Bailey

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.

I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. That's home. That you can never take away from me. I'm a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.

I think that every single person should play sports.