(Clark) called me just before the race and wished me good luck and I really hope this makes him happy because he has supported me and he saw the belief I had in myself. |
Everything I'm doing at the moment is focused towards the Commonwealth Games and running the sort of time which could help me win an individual medal. |
He just said it wasn't right for me at the moment, not good for my running. |
He knows all about it and said if you do, it is going to pain your body. Running on the grass is tough, so it was too much of a risk, particularly with the international season just starting. |
He sets it out for me and I listen, and it is a testament to him, he set this all up. All I had to do was listen and that's the difference in myself, having listened, because I am a hard-headed kid. |
I am not here to play around, if I wanted to play around, I would take up golf or something like that. My next goal is whatever I put my mind to . . . and now I want to be the best. |
Me and my coach (John Smith) will go back to the drawing board and set our goals for next year . . . right now trying to beat the Yanks in Osaka. |
The important 400m races are coming up at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on March 20, 21, 22 and I think we have two or three guys who came step up to the final. |
We can pick up our medal now. |