People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands.

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.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.

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

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.