Jay Garrick was a college student in 1938 who accidentally inhaled heavy water vapors after taking a smoke break inside his laboratory where he had been working. As a result, he found that he could run at superhuman speed and had similarly fast reflexes.
“One thing you should remember about me, Digger. I don’t mind running.”
“I wonder what it would really be like to be the fastest man on Earth?”
“Whoa! Whoa! No details about my future, all right? I don’t want to know how I die, Wally. All I can hope is that, however it happens… I make a difference.”
“We only break the rules to save people.”
“My name is Barry Allen. I’m the fastest man alive.”