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.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

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

I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

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.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success