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

When you're gone I can go running though the house screaming and no one will ever hear me.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

Be who you are in every situation.

The only thing you can never change is your values.

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

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.