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Asafa Powell
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“Yes, it's been a while, but I'd say everyone should just take the camera off me and put it back on Usain. Just not focus too much on me; I need my time to breathe, to focus on myself and what I'm supposed to do. I'm happy to be out of it. I'll just put myself back in when I'm ready.”
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“That tongue thing, I always thought: 'Why's he so cocky?' It's all a mind game, trying to get yourself in a different zone.”
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“I think in the entire world I'm the only person that has always scared him [Bolt]. He's always been telling me that over the years. I get the truth out of him when he drinks a bit. He gets a bit tipsy and he's like [adopts a slurring voice]: 'Asafa, you're the only man in the world I think can beat me.”
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“He first told me that in 2008, After. Just before the Olympics. He'd just run 9.72. He said: 'You're the only man in the world who I think can beat me.”
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“I was like, in my head: 'I know that, But you know I really have a lot of respect for him and he has a lot of respect for me as well. So for him to really come to me and tell me that I was the one who motivated him to start running the 100m and that he respects me a lot – he always tells me that – I have a lot of respect for him.”
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“I was the man in Jamaica, Then Usain came along. But in Jamaica people are happy to say that I'm the one who really caused all this; if it wasn't for me, there wouldn't have been a Usain. So everyone still has me as the man in Jamaica.”
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“It wasn't hard for me. I'm quite a person who gives respect when it's due.”
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“I knew that people were saying it was all about Usain versus Tyson but I don't really care about that. On paper they are the two fastest in the world. But in reality I think I'm the man to really go out and do it.”
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“He said: 'Everything just changes [when you go on the track], you look different, your eyes are red' – because I was so nervous. I actually knew everything he was telling me but I didn't know what to do to really avoid getting so nervous and really thinking about the outcome of everything so much.”
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“I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything. I think about what to do next, what part am I going to buy for this car, where to get it from.”
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“That race was all my fault, I got very excited – when I got halfway in the race I was like: 'Where is Usain? He motions looking around. I was the one who brought him back into my race.”
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“Sometimes I'm at home and I remember I'm supposed to do 100 push-ups and I don't. Sometimes my coach will call me and say: 'Asafa, you done your exercises?' and I'd say: 'Yes, coach,' and then after I start doing them. Sometimes I'm training and I just want to go home and work on an engine. Sometimes I'll be working on an engine and just miss practice. Or go to the beach. I know, I'm like a kid. Maybe I was a bit too spoilt growing up. Everything just came like I wanted it to.”
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“Everyone says: 'When are you going to break the world record? When are you going to win?”
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“I have no idea. I don't know what kind of shape he's in, I don't know what he's doing in training,”
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“Yes, emphatically. I've been starving myself for nine years. I'm ready to win.”
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“I've waited too long, too, too long. I am the most hungry person out there.”
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Recorded in: Asafa Powell says it is time to step out of Usain Bolt's shadow, THE GUARDIAN, August 20 2011
“I think of myself as the No1 now. I'm the one people have to beat. I'm the No1 sprinter this year. That gives me confidence, the edge over everyone.”
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“For the rest of the season the spotlight will still be on Bolt. Maybe after the world championships [in South Korea] we'll see if that will change and who will be in the spotlight. Leave me in the background for now – that suits me. He can take the heat and I will win. That's the plan.”
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“After I gave away my race in Rome I knew I should have won. That's why I know I can beat him this year.”
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“I don't really think about it a lot. Other people have been saying that when I go to the championships I freeze up and don't do what I'm supposed to. My coach was saying it's a mental problem but for me a small part of it was mental and a small part was physical.”
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“I was getting injured before the championships, so mentally that affects me. [I was] going into the championships most years running 9.94, so the confidence isn't there. This time I know I'm in good shape so it's going to be a lot different.”
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“I think before a championship: yes, this is the best shape I've ever been in. I think I have a great chance, a 99% chance of winning.”
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Recorded in: Asafa Powell quick out of the blocks to warn Usain Bolt: 'I'm No1 now', THE GUARDIAN, July 08 2011
“Maybe it's comfort. In Jamaica, you have to work harder for what you want.”
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“We have a different mindset, You have to make a living out of it because you don't get a living from anywhere else. You have to go out there and make something of yourself.”
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“Simeon came to Jamaica and from what I observed, he is a bit lazy, He did well, though, and he made a lot of improvements. If he puts in the effort and the hard work, there is a lot more to come.”
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“I think I can really go out there and do something spectacular, I just need to run my own race because if I do I will beat him and beat the field. I really want to be the king of sprints because I think I am.”
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“I don't think I have a psychological problem.”
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“I really have a point to prove but it can become a mental problem if you think about it too much, because every year I keep getting injured. I'm always injured and you have to block that out because it affects you when it comes to the major champs.”
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“My knees affected me a lot and I had a problem with my hamstring. I still suffer from this shoulder injury that I had surgery on last year. I've a lot of things I'm working on. I'm trying to get back. It's mainly both knees and my left ankle.”
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“That's what keeps me going because I have all these injuries and I can go out there and run below 10 seconds. I know that when I'm healthy I'll be a force to go up against.”
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“It's important to make a statement because you don't want to go into Berlin not knowing what shape you're in.”
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“If you're going knowing you have run 9.6, 9.7 two, three weeks before, then you know you're in 9.7 shape so it's possible for you to go out there and win. But if you're running 10 flat all the time you know that you're chances are not that high.”
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“Usain is not a good starter‚ so if you get out of the blocks and Usain is right beside you, you know that can be trouble for you. If you get out beside him, in your head it will register that you didn't start well and that can throw off your race a bit. You just have to try and get out there and let him try and catch you.”
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Recorded in: Asafa Powell condemns Britain's best sprinters as 'lazy', THE GUARDIAN, July 23 2009