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I do not have a genetically "gifted" body. I have to work hard everyday and I am always working on maintaining a positive self image.
As long as I really stay on top of my school work, which I'm for the most part able to do, it's really no problem, me missing school.
I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability.
I want my kids to understand that when family needs something, I'm there. And, on a different note, all three of my kids are adopted.
Thankfully we had a big drive there in the fourth quarter after the fumble to put us up 11, and then the big drive to finish the game.
My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.
Going pro out of high school maybe won't work for everybody, but I know that wherever my career goes I'm happy with the choice I made.
It's impossible to make everyone happy. Some will choose to see the negative. None is perfect but find a way of loving them perfectly!
I am a big supporter of the CrossFit community and enjoy helping people gain a better understanding of the CrossFit style of workouts.
I'm not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It's just I don't believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
When I started out, nutrition wasn't a huge thing in my arsenal. Getting older, I'm getting a little smarter, thinking about longevity.
Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
My grandfather died before I was born, so I never had the chance to speak with him about his father. But I learned about him from books.
Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.
Down South, there was the old 'ladies-don't-do-such-things' way of thinking. You couldn't be a lady and a good athlete at the same time.
The Lord is my Rock. He has always been there, always present at good times and bad; and to me when I feel His presence, my life is full.
The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me - my mother's side of the family have awful legs.
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.
I'm a single parent, a working mother, an executive, and an author. My greatest accomplishment will be to raise three wonderful children.
To be completely consumed by track, that might be a little bit out of my comfort zone. I kind of like having friends who are less tracky.
Thank you to everyone that has made me the athlete I am! God, family and friends, my competitors and supporters! You have all had a hand!
I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
With intermittent fasting, I don't really eat breakfast. My eating window is 12:30-8:30 P. M. I eat for eight hours and then fast for 16.
As a man of faith, God doesn't bring you to things that you can't get through. He doesn't put you in a spot and then leave you out to dry.
If we can string together some wins this year, maybe I'll be a close second-or third behind Bart Starr-on their favorite quarterback list.
Don't aim too high, but set yourself a goal which is a little bit out of your reach. You might achieve it and then you can set a new goal.
The Cancer Society here in Nova Scotia is doing nothing, and money is being wasted. I would love to get my hands on the people in Halifax.
I don't feel that this is unfair. That's the thing about cancer. I'm not the only one; it happens all the time to people. I'm not special.
My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
Travelling so much, sometimes my luggage goes astray. But I can get the right stuff sent to me overnight by a special shipper. No big deal.
When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and what is ahead of me and what I want to achieve.
I think there needs to be modified penalties in training camp because there's severely modified compensation in training camp for all of us.
I learn in different ways. If I can visualize what's going on and see what's happening, I can go out there and do it out there on the field.
I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.
The fluent reader sounds good, is easy to listen to, and reads with enough expression to help the listener understand and enjoy the material.
I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent. Forget about it.
I often kind of forget about my running. It's not until I'm really at these competitions and at these meets that I really remember what I do.
The NCAA makes so much money off of their kids, and they put ridiculous - absolutely ridiculous - restrictions on everything that they can do.
There's no doubt in my mind I'll finish my career with the Bears. However that works out, it works out. I can't imagine playing anywhere else.
I was always raised as a student first and an athlete second. I think that's the main purpose in college. Some athletes lose that perspective.
Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
Energy is like money; once spent, it's gone. However, it is possible to make an investment, as opposed to an expenditure, that yields a return.
I know a lot of people in Phoenix, so I've had some great nights there. It's always hot, too, so it's just a nice to be outside in the evening.
Well, traditionally, how I grew up, I grew up in the Baptist Church, always going to church every Sunday, Sunday school, vacation Bible school.
I'm not a dreamer, and I'm not saying this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in miracles. I have to.
Who would have thought it would be possible to run across Canada on one leg, eh? I wanted to try the impossible and show that it could be done.
I think the guys are starting to rally around my leadership style and the way I do things. I've been waiting for this opportunity my whole life.
You play it the way you always play it. You look for matchups, and you go through your progression, and you throw it to the guy who's most open.
We have a lot of property and we take care of it mostly ourselves, so that's what I spend a lot of time doing, which I love because I'm outside.
I was a strength coach for over a year where our teams used CrossFit, and our football team won their first conference championship in 36 years!