The nature of athletic celebrity is increasingly moving away from the actual field of play.

Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good.

Do I think that American democracy ends if Trump is president? No! I think, there are plenty of checks and balances in place. I think he would do some damage to the country but we would recover. The office of the presidency and American democratic institutions are a lot stronger than one person. So if he wins, our job is just to keep the office strong, right? And hope he'll be replaced by something better!

Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us?

Success is deeply rooted in time and place. You may have the drive to read tons of books on biology. But if there are no books on biology in your library, and the library is never open, your drive is meaningless.

There is more going on beneath the surface than we think, and more going on in little, finite moments of time than we would guess.

The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.