Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got to control it so you don't get too far out of the race.

For 100 m., you have to go out fast but also bring it back, so we've been doing a lot of work on the back-end speed.

Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.

It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.

My father was short for a man, with a child's plaything for a name - Spinner. He had flawless dark brown skin and a head full of big, wet-looking curls, black as oil. And he had the smile of a scoundrel - the kind of smile that disarmed men and undressed women.

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.

Family is everything.

My family was always supportive when I decided that I wanted to pursue this thing called acting.