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.

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.

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

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

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

Be who you are in every situation.

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