103 Quotes by Michael Johnson

Examine the opportunities, the challenges you’ve given yourself.

As an athlete, I’d average four hours a day. It doesn’t sound like a lot when some people say they’re training for 10 hours, but theirs includes lunch, massage and breaks. My four hours was packed with work.

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me – I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.