Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied..

Since I came here I've been treated awesome, in all aspects. I really enjoy playing here..

I didn't like the way the game was being played..

Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone..

I lift weights, but that's not my main focus. I'm a fighter now, and I want to evolve and make myself a well-rounded fighter, so obviously I'm not go….

Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water.

Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind..

The single most important thing in coaching is turning out educated kids who are ready for society..

I have a trainer, and I'm not a trainer person. I don't like the attention. I don't like the one-on-one scrutiny. But I've had to enter into a very s….

We're not playing solitaire out here..

All camps are hard, that's what they're intended to be. They make you focus when you're tired, when you don't feel like doing things, and to see how ….

To surrender one's vulnerable body to water has always seemed to me a limpid act of will that has no coutnerpart or equal, unless it is sex..

It's all trotters in Sweden, so that's what's always caught my eye..

Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms - spelling it out….

Our players are mad, but it's good mad..

McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer..

Courageous people are not afraid to fail. So often in life and in sports, we're afraid to fail. Instead, we should attack things with excitement and ….

Every single model wants to be in Sports Illustrated, and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity..

We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way..

I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286 pound Silver Medalist Ghaffari (who broke down in….

I guess the one thing I really learned from participating in sports was to just never say "no", never stop trying, and to always believe that you can….