I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.

My life is a blessing every day that I get up. God saved my feet. How am I not going to use them?

I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.

I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.

I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.

You have to find that love within yourself. If you love yourself, you feel good about yourself, and sports help you feel good about yourself.

My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.