A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes? — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your… — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
Your problems pale in comparison with those of the millions of people in the world who do not have enough to eat. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them,… — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one. — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
It is clearly not the journey for everyone. People succeed in as many ways as there are people. Some can be completely… — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn… — Michael Johnson Copy Share Image
I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm… — Michael Johnson Copy Share
Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
The only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny… — Michael Johnson Copy Share
On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission. — Michael Johnson Copy Share
