I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.
This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.
When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
I've got my feet firmly on the ground, I can't see life changing too much. I reckon more girls will talk to me at college and more people will look at me, but they know me for who I am.
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.