I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be.

If Id lived prior to the 1980s, it would have been different, because I would have been playing to prove African Americans are equal. Now, I dont necessarily feel I have to play for black people, because obviously theyre doing everything in all sports. If I can go out there and play for myself and not feel I have to stand for something other than what I want to do, thats good.

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Whatever it is, people have issues and that affects you deeply. So you have to get to the bottom of it and not let that affect your life decisions and really understand why you're making the decisions you make so that way you can understand how to not do that, so I always encourage people to ask why and then to really understand you, because that's the only way to be your most successful and your most happy.

I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.