Quotes from Donovan Bailey

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 do a lot of media work, I've been investing and I'm involved with real estate. It's totally different from what I had been doing but I find it challenging and fun. To be honest, I really don't miss the track. I pretty well accomplished what I set out to do and it was time to move on.

I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.

When I raced, I had great parents, even a greater coach and a nutritionist. I was never insecure.

In running, I can internalize that intensity. I can handle it because it's me and I'm coming back in the next race. I'm always ready for the next race.

There are many commentators who have said the wrong thing before. That's part of the business.

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.

My dad is a great cricket fan, and I used to play a bit back in Jamaica.

You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.

In sports, big names and celebrities drive events, and that's what people gravitate to.

I'm a sprinter man. We don't jog; we don't walk. It's full-out. It's big engines. You don't take a car that has 600 horsepower for a cross-country drive.

What I did at the start of each season, regardless if I was coming back as the champion, was run indoors and take forward steps from the first race.

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

If you botch a handoff or stutter step in a relay, then your team has to make up that lost time. It's always you versus the clock.

I love Adam Gemili - he's the guy kids should aspire to be like.

Always educate yourself.