I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. May His will be done.

A failure isn't a failure if it prepares you for success tomorrow.

Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don’t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

I'm inspired by failure. The process of defeat – picking yourself back up again is the hardest thing in the world.

Sometimes bad things are going to happen in your life, and those things can make you stronger if you just learn how to get over them.

A businessman needs a laptop. Athletes need massages and the right diet.

Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.

Stepping on that line for me, it will be about facing my fears.

Running was like the friend that never left. It was just always there.

As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I wanted to hang out with my friends. I wanted to do something fun, and that's what I did

As history has shown, any new computing device capable of running a game will, by hook or by crook, soon have them available. (aka, the "Loguidice Law")

Never compete with your master, because that is disrespect to him! You are your only rival, you compete with yourself, go beyond yourself!

how I wish I could fist a bit of old-fashioned beef in the fore-castle, as I used to when i was before the mast.

They’re always wrong in the movies.

The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

In order to eliminate discrimination, the Modern Liberal has opted to become utterly indiscriminate.

Always speak the truth.

Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.

You can use your life in a very useful and intelligent way. You can very well transform that negative energy into a positive energy that empowers you and makes life meaningful.