You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

The only thing you can never change is your values.

As an athlete, I'd average four hours a day. It doesn't sound like a lot when some people say they're training for 10 hours, but theirs includes lunch, massage and breaks. My four hours was packed with work.