I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

At a press conference Mary Decker said that Budd was to blame for the collision. In 1982 Mary Decker received the James E. Track officials initially disqualified Budd for obstruction but Mary Decker was reinstated just one hour later once officials had viewed films of the race.

During her career Mary Decker won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships and set 17 official and unofficial world records and 36 US national records.