So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

All your life you compare and contrast, explore and search. But knowing yourself well is, well, elusive.

Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person.

The idea of being able to serve as an example, based upon how to process, how to think, how to realize our own dreams, we can pass that down to our children.

When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.

To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward your goals. To build those relationships, you need to trust others; and to earn their trust, you in turn must learn to be trustworthy.