Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must move faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you better be moving.

Maurice Greene

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The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

— Maurice Greene

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When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

— Maurice Greene

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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.

— Maurice Greene

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I have a God-given talent and I work very hard for what I do. Anybody can run fast. It's how you run fast. I pay attention to technical things now.

— Maurice Greene

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The lion is the king of the jungle. The track is my jungle. And the word GOAT is here... it stands for greatest of all time.

— Maurice Greene