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 am not gay. I am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've never been with a guy.

Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.

Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.

First of all, I try to be a positive role model.

Trans people deserve something vital. They deserve your respect... If you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it. But for the thousands of kids out there who are coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn't have to take it.

I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get help.