Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.

More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to claim one.

Fragile egos are put on the line every day.

Training for the Olympics was much easier than balancing my life now! When practice was over, there was time for me. But with four kids and a career, I have no downtime. When I'm not on the road, I finish my workday at 2:30 p.m. Then I pick the kids up from school and they get 100 percent Mommy, not part Mommy and part Mary Lou Retton.

Faith is a gateway to happiness that remains permanently accessible to each of us, wherever we are, no matter our circumstances.

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

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