After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

Channel your energy. Focus.

The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.

People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.

'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.