Michael Johnson

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. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#became #being #believed #descended #determination

The only one who can beat me is me. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#me #only #who

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

— Michael Johnson

#believe #benefited #descendants #difficult #gene

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

— Michael Johnson

#always #feeling #get #i #lot

They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#everybody #give #gold #gold medals #medals

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

#down #go #going #i #lower