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.

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.

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

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits.

Injuries made me a believer in cross-training.