Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.

What is the fire that burns in your heart? If you are lucky enough to discover it, than by all means fan the flames and let the fire be the guiding light for a life worth living.

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

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

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

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.

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