I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair..

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….

Injuries made me a believer in cross-training..

Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen..

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..

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

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

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….

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 ….

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..

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 ….

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

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..

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

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

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..

I like being unconventional..

I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late t….