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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
I've had asthma my entire life.
I'm always challenged by someone.
I'm a realist and I always have been.
I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.
I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.
Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.
I always keep myself in a position of being a student.
Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader.
Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.
The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.
I don't have to be enemies with someone to be competitors with them.
It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.
If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.
There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me.
I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.
I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.
The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.
I might attempt Zumba. I haven't yet, but I thought it would be a lot of fun and different.
I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.
Don't follow in any footprints, make your own prints. Because, you are the future of tomorrow.
I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.
I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.
The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.
People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.
I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.
Even if the person doesn't know what the internet can do, we can bring it to them and show how it can make a difference in their lives.
The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
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.
Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation.
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.
Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.
When I started competing, you had to have your coach there. Now you can be coached from a home office via Skype or video. That's not the same as having them on the field with you.
I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing.
I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
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.
My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.
I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.
It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
For me it's the challenge -- the challenge to try to beat myself or do better than I did in the past. I try to keep in mind not what I have accomplished but what I have to try to accomplish in the future.
I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job.
Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact.
