"I've really learned over the years how to control my adrenaline and let it all out when they shoot the gun versus letting the crowd and the lights and the camera get to me."

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Source : "Human to Hero: Tyson Gay primed for Olympic challenge", www.cnn.com. May 16, 2012.

Tyson Gay

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“[A dramatic increase in regulation under the Obama administration is] threatening to short-circuit our recovery and undermine our long-term growth....More importantly , it is suffocating the entrepreneurial spirit so vital to America's success.”
“I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.”
“It's Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.”
“I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of my career does.”
“Rarely is it possible to study all of the instructions to a game before beginning to play, or to memorize the manual before turning on the computer. The excitement of improvisation lies not only in the risk of being involved but in the new ideas, as heady as the adrenaline of performance, that seems to come from nowhere.”
“Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.”
“All bayonets are bad.”
“Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.”

Source : "The Exchange: Daniel Alarcón" by Thessaly La Force, www.newyorker.com. May 5, 2009.

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