The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
I'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing.
I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.
From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.
When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.