My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father.

Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

My dad always used to tell me that sometimes you have to have a massive storm in order to clear the sky.

We all naturally want to become successful... we also want to take shortcuts. And it's easy to do so, but you can never take away the effort of hard work and discipline and sacrifice.

Michael Phelps is a good friend of mine, so I'm very supportive of him.

One things guys have to remember is consistency... You can't make up for three years of eating poorly in just one workout.

Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.