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.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.