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One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

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They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

~Michael Johnson

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I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

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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.

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

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As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

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Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.

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I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm disappointed when people don't expect that of themselves.

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I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.

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Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won all the races, but Butch was the world record holder before I came into the sport, he was extremely talented and he was the only other man running 43 seconds.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: September 13th, 1967

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