(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

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 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.

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

The only thing you can never change is your values.

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

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.