The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner.

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.

I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.

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

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.

I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self.