By carrying the torch, you will be bridging cultural and social barriers, and all the boundaries that separate nation from nation.

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.

Our message of the day is service does not need a title.

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

Channel your energy. Focus.

Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.