I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.

I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.

I believe in me more than anything in this world.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.

What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.