The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

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.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

There are only two kinds of math books: Those you cannot read beyond the first sentence, and those you cannot read beyond the first page.

Haiku sounds like I'm Saying hi to someone named Ku. Hi, Ku. Hello.

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.

That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.

When you serve others, when you make somebody else’s life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you’re being blessed.

If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek.

You can’t make a dog happy by forcibly wagging its tail. And you can’t change people’s minds by utterly refuting their arguments.

At times I make music, but in private.

I make no pretense to accuracy. I shall be quite content if the sensibilities of no one are wounded by anything I may reduce to type.