Injuries made me a believer in cross-training.

I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.

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

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

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.

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.

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.