It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward

My mom gave me unconditional support and unfailing love. You can't get any better than that. That's why I've never been afraid to lose.

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.

Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.

Communication does not always occur naturally, even among a tight-knit group of individuals. Communication must be taught and practiced in order to bring everyone together as one

Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles.