I don't have to be enemies with someone to be competitors with them.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them.

People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.