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

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

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.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.