“It's kind of nice in some ways having an Olympic Trials where I finished second. You can kind of go in more under the radar facing a 2:03 guy and facing a lot of dudes who are faster than I am, whereas, before Beijing, I had one of the top 10 times in the field, or something like that.”

“The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.”