It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

- Michael Johnson

Protect your good image from the eyes of negative viewers, who may look at your good appearance with an ugly fiendish eye, and ruin your positive qua…

- Michael Johnson

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how y…

- Michael Johnson

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

- Michael Johnson

Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity.

- Michael Johnson

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

- Michael Johnson

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

- Michael Johnson

A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.

- Michael Johnson

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…

- Michael Johnson