In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband.

Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun.

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

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.

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