I'm saying goodbye to people's perception of me and who I am, I'm not saying goodbye to me, because this has always been me.

I'm kind of more on the conservative side.

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

If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.