A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

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?

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know.

The only victory that counts is the one over yourself.