Status: Former Olympic and World Record holder in the 100 meters.
Ht: 5-9 Â Wt: 190
Age: 36
Birthplace: Â Kansas City, Kansas
Childhood Heroes: Â ”It was mostly football. Walter Payton. I was in love with football.”
Nicknames: Â ”Mo, Greene, Nobody Does It Better Than Mo Better [smiles], Greene Machine, Kansas City Cannonball.”
Hobbies/Interests: Â ”Play video games, watch a lot of movies, football is a hobby.”
Early Track & Field Memory: Â ”In elementary school when I was in fourth grade, we had a meet between the area’s elementary schools. It was only supposed to be fifth-graders. My gym teacher was able to get me to compete in that. And I won first-place blue ribbons in three events – 50 meters, 100 meters and eraser shuttle. I was the only fourth grader in that.”
Pre-Race Feeling: Â ”I’m nervous. Thinking about executing. Listening for the starter to hit the gun. And just running the best I could. To be number one you have to train like you’re number two.”
Favorite Movie: Â ”Top Gun.”
Musical Tastes: Â ”Rap, R&B, DMX, Lauryn Hill.”
First Job: Â ”As a janitor cleaning up my old church, Third Street Church Of God (age 16).”
First Car: Â ”1995 black GMC Jimmy.”
Funny Track & Field Memory: Â ”My funniest memory was when we were in Japan. And Jon Drummond said that he wouldn’t let a Japanese man beat him. And he got beat by a Japanese man! So that was very funny.”
Favorite Meal: Â ”I have so many [laughs]. Crab legs.”
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Â ”Oatmeal with raisins.”
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Â ”Strawberry.”
Greatest Sports Moment: Â ”Winning the Olympic gold medal, the finish (2000 in Sydney). It’s unexplainable. You feel so great. It’s something…I wish I could explain it. And setting the world record.”
Most Painful Moment: Â ”When I didn’t make the Olympic Team in 1996. Because it was a very hard year for me. I was hurt (hamstring) for most of the year and I felt that I really should’ve been on the team.”
People Qualities Most Admired: Â ”People who love to do things. I love working with kids. So when I see people with kids or doing some kind of community work like that, I love that type.”
(Note: This Biofile was originally published by Track & Field News in the July 2004 issue.)
Topics: Blue Ribbons, Breakfast Cereal, Childhood Heroes, Crab Legs, Field Memory, Gmc Jimmy, Greatest Sports, Gym Teacher, Hobbies Interests, Japanese Man, Jon Drummond, Kansas Childhood, Kansas City Kansas, Maurice Greene, Musical Tastes, Olympic Gold Medal, Painful Moment, Sports Moment, Third Street Church Of God, Walter Payton
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Scoop..
Ha, ha, poor Drummond..
Beaten by a japanese.. ha ha
This was a good device to live by or train by if your are an active athlete..
“To be number one you have to train like you’re number two”
A good quote, he will have a week or maybe the quote of the month, on my quote’s section..
Thanx for this one..
And I still think you should mix them all together in a book, a great gift for any sport interested, a bit of something for everyone, can’t be much better than that!