Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.

I am my own person. What I'm doing, I'm happy with it. I'm doing what I want to.

I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all for the state of Alabama.

My sophomore year I placed 2nd, and my junior and senior year - I got smart and piled up enough points between myself and second place where I didn't have to run the mile.

If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.

I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.

Don't put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.