I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

Never give up, no matter what.

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.

I was raised to face any challenge.

Pain is that last quarter of a mile. You feel it, but when you’re through racing, your whole body just feels elated. So the pain is worth it.