That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.

I've always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts.

They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.