In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.
I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.
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