I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.

What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them.

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 18 during my freshman year at UCLA. I refused to accept it - and I hid it from my coaches and teammates. But ignoring my problem didn't make it go away.

Don't follow in any footprints, make your own prints. Because, you are the future of tomorrow.

I've had asthma my entire life.

Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.

If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Where there is life, hope prevails.

That excuse only works until you discover the person is merely an individual like any other.

I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.

No one told me about boys. I had to figure it out myself. The first thing I learned was that sometimes they grow slower than women mentally.

A garden should be in a constant state of fluid change, expansion, experiment, adventure; above all it should be an inquisitive, loving, but self-critical journey on the part of its owner.

When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.

My friend Phil has a theory that the Lord, having made teenagers, felt constrained to make amends and so created the golden retriever.

What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues.

In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as an excuse.