You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.

Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.

I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.

It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.

My life was very Japanese.

I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.

If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.

A wealthy man is one who earns $100 a year more than his wife's sister's husband.

As long as I was alive, I was something. That was just how it was. But somewhere along the way it all changed. Living turned me into nothing.

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

The other day, I was so desperate for a beer, I snuck into the football stadium and ate the dirt under the bleachers.

If ancient tales say true, nor wrong these holy men.

I wasn't understanding enough about drug addition. No one seemed to know much about drug addiction. Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you.

There are certain movies you go and see, and then after, you wanna go home and talk to your best friend and tell her that you really love her.

There are times when you seek your solitude, and your solitude just wants to be left alone.

The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged.