An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and be the inspiration to lead people to do things they never hoped to do.

Channel your energy. Focus.

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

But I couldn’t comprehend this making friends business. My friends had always made me.

He'd made a name for himself out there in the world beyond not just in spite of the distinctly unfashionable persona he presented, but, perhaps, BECAUSE of it.

'Captain America' was probably the most universally positive experience I've had in this mad business.

Kids need love the most when they're acting most unlovable.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

When you have one million dollars, you're a lucky person. When you have 10 million dollars, you've got trouble, a lot of headaches.

I'm not in any way trying to make statements that are not also invaded by emotions and abstract ideas that I don't really understand myself. It's more interesting when I can do that.

You're getting angry, you know I can see. You're just jealous, cause you can't be me.

The inability to forgive, that is the lack of compassion, is really nothing more than lack of knowledge.

Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.