I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.

Be who you are in every situation.

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

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

The only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your lap, only then do you deal with it.

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