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.

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

I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.

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

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.