If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

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.

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

Whether it catches up to what the world sees or record companies or radio or everybody wants - you can't be the architect of that.