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

I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.

For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed.

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

Children possess a remarkable amount of passion. They throw themselves completely, heart and soul, into everything.

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

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.