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

Championships are mythical. The real champions are those who live through what they are taught in their homes and churches. The attitude that 'We've got to win' in sports must be changed. Teach your youngsters, who are the future hope of America, the importance of love, respect, dedication, determination, self-sacrifice, self-discipline and good attitude. That's the road up the ladder to the championships.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you.

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.

We used to have a lot of fun. We never had any problems. We always ate. The fact that we didn't have steak? Who had steak?