Quotes from Christian Coleman

I'm just a regular guy, I just happen to be really talented, and I have a gift from God that I've worked really hard at.

I'm just a regular guy who had talent and the wherewithal to be able to hone that into something I can make money doing.

There are so many guys that they are talking about that may be the 'next one' or may be the next Bolt. That whole conversation is exciting to me and really humbling.

To be looked up to as one of the Americans that's supposed to carry the torch, go to the major championships and get medals, that's a huge honour.

I just keep doing me and representing the sport the right way.

Winning the Diamond League with a personal record, it's like icing on the cake.

I want to leave my own legacy, make my own trail.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

I wouldn't know who Michael Johnson was if he didn't run fast times.

Michael Johnson doesn't pay my bills or sign my cheques. So I don't really care what he has to say.

The sky's the limit as fast as I can ever run.

I am just a young black man living my dream, people are trying to smear my reputation.

I think I have just as much talent as anybody when it comes to the 100 or 200.

In track and field, a lot of people don't make a lot of money, so if you're a lower name you might just get run over by USADA because they're just looking to get people out of the sport.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

For me, I just love running in the big moments. That's always been the way. That is what you work so hard for. You don't work hard to run fast in practice or to run fast at small meets.

You have to have that dog-eat-dog kind of mentality. I think me playing football all my life and having that chip on my shoulder, not really getting the opportunities that I wanted, really carried over to track and field. It allowed me to use all that energy and put it in the direction of being the best track athlete that I could be.

That's always my mentality. There's always room for improvement.

I have that mindset going into anything I do, there's always room to improve, you can always do better.

Coming from the south side of Atlanta, Georgia, everyone has a chip on their shoulder. That's how competitive it is. It makes athletes great who come from there.

I think people have a misconception of athletes when they think about what goes through their heads, you know what I'm saying?

I've just got to continue doing my job and more and more people will see the beauty in the sport that I see.

Coming into the offseason, when I'm training, when things get hard, I know there's guys that are across the country, training and trying to be the best in the country and trying to be the best in the world. So that just motivates me to just keep going and keep working.

When you set a time and you hit that time, you are kind of satisfied. I never want to have that type of feeling.