Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.

I fought, I fought harder . . . but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.

The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers. The only time the black fist has significance is when there's money inside. There's where the power lies.

I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping.

One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can keep winning because of his lucky star, or the bad luck of his opponents. You must overcome this negative instinct, which affects all of us, and which is the only difference between the person who wins a race, and those who lose. This is the battle you have to fight every day of your life.

I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.