I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter.

Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over.

You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost.

I cant justify taking money away from hungry kids and needy schools to pay for the Games when corporations are willing to write the checks.

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.