He has broken 10 seconds for the 100 meters 17 times, twice more than Lewis did in his 17-year international career and only nine times fewer than alltime leader Frankie Fredericks of Namibia, who has been competing at a high level for a decade. Of the 26 times of 9.93 seconds or faster run by Americans, Greene has the most, nine. He has run seven of the 10 fastest times in U.S. history. He's the best right now. Lots of people run fast once or twice, but Greene is on a three-year run.
People have no idea how difficult that is.
Greene lacks only an Olympic gold medal to gild his resume. Fine, let them keep on coming. I'm the fastest man in the world, no doubt. I think about Sydney, and I can't wait. I just can't wait.