Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

I'm not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what's going on in the media. I'm supposed to be the typical amateur who's 22 and scared to death and can't believe he won the Olympics.

Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.