Tyson Gay

Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. Quotes I know that I have a bad start. That has always been the case, even in high-school. I can’t yet believe that I am the World champion. I will now relax and have some massages before concentrating on the 200 metres. At the beginning of the season I had a lot of success and ran great times, but then I was feeling a bit tired and my results were no longer that good. I had ups and downs in my career. At the Olympic trials in 2004 I cramped and in 2005 I was fourth at the World Championships in Helsinki. I was nervous and was asking myself if people would accept if I would not win – but my mother and my family all calmed me down before tonight. Lance phoned me at 11 am Osaka time on Sunday and told me: When I will wake up on Monday morning you will be the World Champion – believe me.He will be released earlier on 28 August Jon Drummond has helped me a lot, because it would have been very difficult without any coaching. We have long looked forward to this duel. And I think somehow we are both winners. Asafa has run a strong race. He is the World record holder while I am the fastest this year and now I am the World champion. Sometimes he will win and sometimes I will win. He has taken the bronze this time, but he could well come back with the gold next year in Beijing. We have a great rivalry which is good for the spectators. And I hope that we will produce some great races in the future. I have done a big step forward in the direction of Beijing 2008 – and this will be the big goal, Beijing in another year. We have to wait and see what happens until then. The World record is a goal as well. But I want to do it step by step. Osaka 2007 - Men's 100m: Tyson Gay – one mission completed, more to come,WORLD ATHLETICS, August 24 2007 It is time for Tyson Gay to put up or shut up. Sometimes I get to talking that I can beat him, After a while I have to do it or shut up. I never am going to say I can't beat him because in my heart I believe I can. But he hasn't run 9.5 in every meet. Something is causing my hamstring to lock up for the past month or so. Of course I want to beat him, I don't know if it's a question of 'how badly'. It's more of me wanting to do the best I can do. He is the best right now and I want to be the best. For me the key is to stay healthy, And I still continue to try to work on my start. That is something I have been struggling with for years and I just have to have that perfect day one day. I don't think I have reached my full potential in either event,The 100 is just something I want to prove to myself and the world that I can do, and the 200 is my first love. At the end of the day we all know he has something that we don't have, and we would all like to have that one day. Exactly. And he has the world records and the medals. With this guy's stature, and this guy's mental ability and physical ability to do the things he is doing, I think we are coming close to that. Obviously he has to have some type of discipline to be able to have two back-to-back years like he has had. Coming up short in '08 and not making the final, it was terrible. I have to bring the hardware home. I have to. I would trade anything in the world for that. Time to beat Bolt or shut up, says Gay, FOX SPORTS, June 15 2010 External links Category:1982 births Category:Sportspeople from the United States Category:Track and field athletes Category:Living people Category:African Americans