<table> </table> Kansas City&#8217;s Maurice Greene is putting his quick feet to work again.</p><p>Greene, once known as the world&#8217;s fastest human, will compete in ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Dancing With the Stars&#8221; next month, the network announced Monday.</p><p>Greene, a former world record holder in the 100-meter dash and winner of two Olympic gold medals, never gave any indication he could cut a rug while a teenager at Schlagle High School, said Al Hobson, his sprint coach in Kansas City, Kan.</p><p>But Hobson believes that if Greene, 34, is serious about dancing, he will master the tango, the mambo, the fox trot and cha-cha and whatever steps they ask him to do.</p><p>&#8220;I do know something about Maurice,&#8221; said Hobson, the head track coach at Kansas City Kansas Community College. &#8220;If he sets his mind to something, he can do whatever he wants. He&#8217;s probably the best-focused person I&#8217;ve ever met.</p><p>&#8220;He&#8217;ll study it, he&#8217;ll film it, he&#8217;ll watch other people. He knows how to get where he wants to go. He&#8217;ll do well. If he&#8217;s got nerve enough to do it, he&#8217;s not going to embarrass himself.&#8221;</p><p>The last four winners of &#8220;Dancing With the Stars&#8221; have been athletes, including figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi last season, race-car driver Helio Castroneves, speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno and running back Emmitt Smith. Two football players, wide receiver Jerry Rice (2006) and defensive end Jason Taylor (2008), were runners-up.</p><p>Recently retired defensive tackle Warren Sapp and Misty May-Treanor, who won her second gold medal for beach volleyball at this year&#8217;s summer Olympics, are in the field of competitors along with several show-business stars. The series premieres on Sept. 22.</p><p>Castroneves said it&#8217;s no coincidence that top-level athletes have won the competition.</p><p>&#8220;Dancers are athletes,&#8221; Castroneves said last spring while racing at Kansas Speedway. &#8220;They have incredible physiques. They have incredible energy. You wouldn&#8217;t believe how much work we did. We started at six hours a day, then eight hours a day. And the last week was 10 hours a day. Every morning, I was waking up with pain.</p><p>&#8220;Before, I was a driver who could dance. Now, I&#8217;m a dancer who can drive.&#8221;</p><p>Now, Greene will try to transfer his quick-twitch sprinter&#8217;s skills to the dance floor.</p><p>&#8220;There are a lot of sprinters who can&#8217;t do some other things like play basketball or play football,&#8221; Hobson said. &#8220;Fast-twitch muscles are all right as long as you&#8217;re making a slight left turn. I don&#8217;t know about changing directions abruptly.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just glad to see him having fun with his life. That&#8217;s important. He&#8217;s still a young man, and track is just one phase of life. There&#8217;s life after track. I&#8217;m happy he&#8217;s doing something he likes after track.&#8221;