I like being unconventional..

People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a l….

You were born to run. Maybe not that fast, maybe not that far, maybe not as efficiently as others. But to get up and move, to fire up that entire ….

People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be number one..

I believe in the impossible because no one else does..

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed..

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself fir….

I pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God..

Injuries made me a believer in cross-training..

When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side..

To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence i….

I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk around the projects on our hands and see who coul….

I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so fru….

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore..

If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men..

I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them..

I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does..

I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg..

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be ….

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up..

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path..