Ben Johnson Quotes

   1961 -

Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.

I have never, ever knowingly taken illegal drugs, and I Johnson would never embarrass my family, my friends, my country, and the kids who love me.

1988  Statement at press conference, Toronto, 4 Oct.  Johnson tested positive to the use of banned substances, was stripped of his Olympic gold medal, and subsequently admitted using anabolic steroids.

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Don't tell me I cheated the system because that's [expletive]. I didn't get treated fairly by the system. They cast me out and they were jealous because I turned in the fastest time ever run by a human and it was impossible at the time.

Ben Johnson
— Quoted in Stan Grossfield, "Johnson has been slow to admit wrongdoing,"] The Boston Globe (2005-04-28)

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