Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren't necessarily the most wonderful athletes. I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.

You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.

Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.

I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.

In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.'

In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.