I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.

You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to forget how bad it was the last time.

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

I always know where the scissors are.

You know why divorce costs so much? Because it is worth it!