Protect your good image from the eyes of negative viewers, who may look at your good appearance with an ugly fiendish eye, and ruin your positive qualities with their chemical infested tongues.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.

How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes?

Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.