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I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.
You're clearing your mind during a workout. Boxing is a great sport for girls; it's really safe.
I love the thought of not knowing how things will turn out but the willingness to invest anyway.
Lately I've been suffocating. Chan Young is my air, without him beside me, am I able to breathe?
When you are faced with choices, you can achieve your dreams without sacrificing your integrity.
My real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.
The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.
My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.
The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours.
I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
Someone 'big' will get thrown out of their Trials or at the Olympics. I would bet my house on it.
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
When I raced, I had great parents, even a greater coach and a nutritionist. I was never insecure.
I never considered myself as a favourite in any hurdles event. I never took anything for granted.
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.
My life is a blessing every day that I get up. God saved my feet. How am I not going to use them?
I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.
Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.
I fought, I fought harder . . . but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.
It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.
Nebraska and Indiana were really the only Division One schools that expressed any interest in me.
I don't really change much; there's not much I can do about the judging in front of a home crowd.
The physical world is too good a gift to be reduced to an object lesson about 'spiritual things'.
And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.
Pools have their own uniqueness, design and engineering to depict culture, history or innovation.
Instead of doing thousands of dives, I am focusing on quality, and I'm listening to my body more.
I don't go to church so much, but I do believe in God and I understand the consequences of faith.
I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.
Everything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth.
My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.
The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women.
Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.
I got plenty of cautions that one or two of these marathons was all a man should do in a lifetime.
If you make a commitment, honor it. If you make a promise, keep it. If you set a goal, achieve it.
When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.
I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life.
Suffering makes me hungry. Suffering allows me to put some hurt in my opponent. It's a good thing.
You know what's cooler than being the richest guy in the room? Being the toughest guy in the room.
One of the top political issues of the day is how to combat young people not being active anymore.
I usually keep a bottle of whiskey. I'm not a big drinker, but I feel like it's important to have.
Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
When people see your personality come out, they feel so good, like they actually know who you are.
The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.
I may do some cringey and crazy things, but for crying out loud, I have Nikki Bella calling me out.
I have the best style to defeat the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world - Demetrious Johnson.
I don't like to open my mouth a lot because, I'll be honest with you, man, I come from the streets.
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.