Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.

Injuries made me a believer in cross-training.

I pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God.

You were born to run. Maybe not that fast, maybe not that far, maybe not as efficiently as others. But to get up and move, to fire up that entire energy-producing, oxygen-delivering, bone-strengthening process we call running.

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first.

People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be number one.