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

It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.

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.

It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.

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.

It is so important for young girls to be fit. I think sports is the key to success, because the challenges you face in sports prepare you for the rest of your life.

People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.