Maurice Greene (sprinter)

Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American former track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career (1997–2004) he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion. Quotes I love my work. Every day is a surprise. When you've had the jobs I've had you don't complain when you've got a good one. And I've got the best. Thank God it's Monday. It's a beautiful day out here. We're not behind no desk. We're not fighting no traffic. We're out here working with the ability God gave us. So let's have a great practice. My goals for this season are to stay fit, run faster and be stronger, And I am right on schedule for all three goals. I wasn't surprised I was beaten,That doesn't mean I was happy about it. But I wasn't surprised. I knew the British guys were good athletes. They wouldn't be there if they weren't. They are good, but so are all the other guys on the line. There's no difference. You can be beaten by all of them on the day. That's why I have to be wary of them all. I am the No1 in the world, the man they need to catch, Everyone is coming after me now. Everyone is after me, but I say fine, let them come,I don't feel intimidated by anyone. Maybe they feel scared of me. But the other way round? Hah. We have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole. That's why I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative. You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special, But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do. These thing happen before a race, That was not deliberate. I reserve my showmanship for the track. In which case, what about the part he played in the USA relay team's posturing after they had won the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, when they formed a human pyramid of muscle-preening braggadocio to celebrate their success? If you knew what we were going through, you'll know why we celebrated like that Stuff that is behind us all now and that I don't want to repeat, But you have to know this: running a 100m race is an intense experience. You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win. We had talked about it before the race and he told me that if I were to do it, then I was to act like I wasn't surprised, When I saw the time on the board I could feel my eyes get huge. But I had to hold it in. All my career that time had been in my mind, like it was for most runners,What Ben did was wrong, but he still ran that time. What all of us needed to know was, could we do it without doing what Ben did? So how did I feel when I did it? No way did I feel that was fast. It felt really easy. It felt like there was more to come. Interview: Maurice Greene, August 19 2002 External links Category:Track and field athletes Category:1974 births Category:Olympic gold medalists Category:Sportspeople from the United States Category:African Americans