Carmelita Jeter

"You have to bring your best, because that brings out the best in everyone."

"So much talk was, “Women can’t break records.” That was so annoying; to hear over and over what women couldn’t do. Then to go out and break the record — not just break it, but absolutely demolish it. It felt really good on a woman’s side, to show that women could break records."

"Sometimes I don’t think people realize that athletes are human, too. Yes, we’re paid to be ready to race, but we’re still human."

"But once we get on the track, it’s business. It’s my career; this is what I do, what I love. And it’s my job."

"And I want to make it perfectly clear that I’ll never run away from a race. I’m always willing to race. The training can be difficult, especially to know that it’s okay to rest. But I’m a competitor and I want to race anybody, anytime, anywhere."

"Every year, things just get harder and you have to train to win, to be the best."