It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close

The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

Hitler didn't snub me - it was our president who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

He was constantly on me about the job that I was to do and the responsibility that I had upon the campus. And how I must be able to carry myself because people were looking.

It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.

To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten.