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«I think the no-tolerance will say to all who participate in the sport, 'Don't even think about it,»

«We use air-resistant weights and focus on improving specific areas to help with speed and core strength. We spend time in the weight room and then go out on the track and work on the technique and art of sprinting. It isn't just getting stronger.»

«The congregation wanted me to stay permanently, so I've done that. It's a disadvantaged community, and I wanted to help as many lives as I could.»

«I know I'm not that great a singer, so he had pity on me and let me in his group. I helped out with managing the group, too.»

«They handed me a bass and I don't know how to play a bass. But Adams was playing behind us. We were all singing, but we weren't playing. Nothing was plugged in. I was knocking down speakers and running around. The fans got a kick out of it.»

«I now understand how the East Germans and Russians felt. Granted, we're the super power so we have to take the punch. Do I think we're the bad guys? Absolutely not.»

«So do I think a guy should be reprimanded or fired for saying blacks are faster? No. I think we've definitely come a long away from the attitudes in place a generation or two ago. But do I think that coach needs to have a conversation, have somebody pull him aside and explain that it's still a very sensitive subject? Absolutely.»

«From my drive to my acceleration phase, it felt like someone pinched my right leg. Two steps later, it felt like someone punched me. Then I buckled. After I felt myself buckle, I took one wide step to get to the middle of the lane.»

«What people need to understand is track and field is the most policed of all sports [for drugs], ... Let's go and test baseball. Let's test football. You already got the [designer steroid] THG test on all these other sports -- and you're talking about one team [the Oakland Raiders] having four athletes. We may have only five or six in our whole federation. Is that fair to say how widespread it is in track and field? It is not as big as it is in other sports. We're just policed more because we are true sport.»

«[The problem started when leadoff man Jon Drummond began to hobble halfway through his run with an injured right quadriceps.] From my drive to my acceleration phase, it felt like someone pinched my right leg, ... Two steps later, it felt like someone punched me. Then I buckled. After I felt myself buckle, I took one wide step to get to the middle of the lane.»