A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity.

I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.

I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.

The only thing you can never change is your values.

Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.

I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm disappointed when people don't expect that of themselves.