Johnny Gray
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"John ("Johnny") Lee Gray, Jr." (born June 19, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) was an United States/American world class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. A four-time-Olympian (1984-1996) in 1985 he set the United States records in track and field/US record of 1:42.60 at a meet in Koblenz. That time puts Gray as the #13 performer of all time. He came seventh in the 1984 Summer Olympics, fifth in Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres/1988, and won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics/Barcelona Olympics of 1992. In 1993 Gray was one of the favourites to win a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics/World Championships in Stuttgart as he had won the A-race at the prestigious meeting in Zurich. However, he failed to qualify for the final in Stuttgart. He also set a world 600 m best in 1986 at 1:12.81.

In 1992 and 1993 Gray came close to breaking the world indoor record over 800 m several times. He holds the US indoor record at 1:45.00 (Sindelfingen 1992).

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To tell you the truth, I felt it in warm-ups. Sometimes in warm-ups you hit shots, but tonight just felt a little different. It felt like tonight might be the night.

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I couldn't even tell you where it slipped away. I couldn't tell you what happened or why it happened or anything. They were just the better team tonight.

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There was a stretch when we'd get some energy, but they'd come right back and hit a three. They are a great shooting team. They hit their shots, and unfortunately, we didn't hit ours. They hit five more threes than us, and that's the difference right there.

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The Big West Tournament is basically a new season. Teams have new life, and whichever team plays the best deserves to win. That's college basketball. That's the beauty of it.

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There was no way I was coming out of this game.

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I didn't feel it as much during the game because of the adrenaline. During timeouts, that's when it starts throbbing, but the win definitely takes a lot of the pain away.

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It feels great, especially against an undefeated team from the Big 12. They're not undefeated for no reason. Now, they have a blemish on their record, and it's thanks to us and our team.

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He has the best jump hook I've ever seen. When he's active and fighting for the ball, fighting for position, no one can stop him.

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Anything can happen. Anyone can win.

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