The Olympics are only once every four years so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I wanted to hang out with my friends. I wanted to do something fun, and that's what I did

Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.

I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. May His will be done.

A businessman needs a laptop. Athletes need massages and the right diet.

Stepping on that line for me, it will be about facing my fears.