The only one who can beat me is me.

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.

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.

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.

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

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

I always wanted to be a sprinter.