All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

The only one who can beat me is me.

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

The object of our lives is to look at, listen to, touch, taste things. Without them—these sticks, stones, feathers, shells—there is no Deity.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.

My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.

What does the divine sufferer (Jesus) demand from us? Only our faith, our love, our grateful praise, our consecrated hearts and lives. Is that too much to ask?

I think I'm going to venture into the futuristic, semi sci-fi love story land, but still in my style of improvisation.

Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.

My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie [Jenner] and me growing up, good words to live by.

The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.

Be brave enough to do the loving thing.

There is no foreign land; it is the traveller only that is foreign.