No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.

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

Black women . . . work because their husbands can't make enough money at their jobs to keep everything going. . . . They don't go to work to find fulfillment, or adventure, or glamour and romance, like so many white women think they are doing. Black women work out of necessity.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.