Don't follow in any footprints, make your own prints. Because, you are the future of tomorrow.

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination and desire. Achieving success and personal glory in athletics has less to do with wins and losses than it does with learning how to prepare yourself so that at the end of the day, whether on the track or in the office, you know that there was nothing more you could have done to reach your ultimate goal.