If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

You have to train your mind like you train your body.

I was afraid the teacher was going to make me read in front of class and I was going to look bad. [But] if I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily. And I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.

Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.

I firmly believe that deep in their soul everyone has a champion that can overcome obstacles and do great things.