Quotes from Justin Gatlin

I'm lucky. My family and friends believe in me a lot.

Come back stronger and faster, that's what I plan to do.

I find little flaws I have in practice, I work on those and go to the gym or I eat better.

At the top, I was flying high. I didn't understand what it meant to be down and out.

In 2004 after winning my first Olympic gold medal I was featured in magazines as an eligible bachelor. Soon after I started receiving unique and odd fan mail, mainly from female prisoners. I've gotten prison art and love letters throughout the years.

At the end of the day, I think that a lot of people saw how hard I worked. And I've gained a lot of respect from a lot of the fans, when they come out and see me, even people not from the United States, when they come out there and cheer me and give me heart gestures and cheer for U.S.A.

You have people who are out there age 30-plus still competing on the grand stage. If I keep in shape, keep to a certain speed and turn it up when I need to, I think I will be able to get out there and run what I need to run.

It's my responsibility to put on a great show.

I respect my competitors, you know, I get respect back from them. I respect people out there who pay for their tickets to come watch us compete. And I respect the reporters because they've got to come out here and tell a good story. That's what it is. It's just a cycle of respect.

I wanted to go out there and do what no one's ever done - and that's recapture some kind of glory.

I need to win back the hearts of the critics and the skeptics.

Even if you watch the races I won - the indoor titles and the Olympics - I've never really been a superfast starter.

I feel like once you start to tell yourself that it's your last year, you kind of aren't as sharp and lose some attention, drive and hunger.

As a kid, I thought if I could move my feet fast enough, I could run on water.

People want to label people and that's all they want to do. They don't want to get to know them, they don't want to understand the story, in-depth.

I remember reading one blog site where one blogger said I looked like a professional wrestler on the track. I was a big boy. I was looking at myself in the mirror and saying, 'I look good!' But I wasn't looking race good.

I really don't feel anything for the jaded fans if they don't feel anything for me. My fans who love me and care about me and support me - those are the ones I run for.

I'm 34 - you guys are like, 'oh, he can't be this fast at 34.' But 35, I plan on running even faster. That's my plan.

In Brooklyn, the block wasn't very long or very wide, and not that many kids were out there, either. But when I got to Florida, there were a lot of kids on my block, young kids, older kids, and they could play outside until the sun went down and have fun.

I've been to the top, to eat filet mignon, to have sweets, traveling around the world, having everything at your fingertips, to being embarrassed just to walk around in society.

I ran like a champion. It is a great consolation to show how dominant I am. I am the Olympic champion and the world champion, but I want Justin Gatlin to be the champion of everything.

I didn't look at age as being a reason to stop running or become slower.

I think people need to stop looking at trying to be the judge, the jury and executioner and let the system do its job.

When I get up out of bed, I've got to be Justin Gatlin, and I've got to be Justin Gatlin 100 percent.