A biography for Donovan Baileyhasn’t been written yet.
“My dad is a great cricket fan, and I used to play a bit back in Jamaica.”
“Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.”
“I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.”
“I'll have to say winning the Olympic gold in Atlanta is a crowning achievement, along with the gold in the relay in the same games.”
“I'm on Twitter, Facebook. There's a lot you can do with it, and it's great to keep in touch. I try to throw a few things out on Twitter every day.”
“In sports, big names and celebrities drive events, and that's what people gravitate to.”
“I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.”
“I'm a sprinter man. We don't jog; we don't walk. It's full-out. It's big engines. You don't take a car that has 600 horsepower for a cross-country drive.”
“You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that.”
“I love Adam Gemili - he's the guy kids should aspire to be like.”
“When you can listen to others' perspectives, we can learn about the other people that make up this great country.”
“I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.”
“What I did at the start of each season, regardless if I was coming back as the champion, was run indoors and take forward steps from the first race.”
“If you botch a handoff or stutter step in a relay, then your team has to make up that lost time. It's always you versus the clock.”
“Whenever there is money, power, and titles involved, players are going to be corrupt. That might be a political statement, but that's what it is for the athletes, too.”
“A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.”
“When I ran the anchor leg to a gold medal with my Canadian teammates Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Robert Esmie in the 4x100-metre relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it was my responsibility to motivate the guys as unofficial captain and leader.”
“The great thing with Usain Bolt is he fell into great coaching, so his talent was exceptional from Day 1. You can coach technique and structure, but not talent.”
“Being surrounded with such positive people always helps.”