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The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.
The childhood games ended for me when I was 14 and I finished school. I had to find a job, not an easy thing in those days.
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.
I dont have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day.
I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.
I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.
I think my mental toughness, athleticism, and my physical prowess, I'd be successful if I decided to fight, no matter what.
It is simply not consistent with either my character or my confidence in my God-given athletic ability to cheat in any way.
Erase from your mind that your preparation must be perfect. Hard work + dedication = a shot at your dreams. Keep believing.
I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.
Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time.
I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.
To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.
How you go over hurdle one should be how you go over hurdle ten. You need the strength to accelerate, and to maintain form.
You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.
The challenge for you is to decide not what is important, but what is most important and then focus your attention on that.
I'm saying goodbye to people's perception of me and who I am, I'm not saying goodbye to me, because this has always been me.
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.
I don't have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day.
My goal has always been to introduce other people to running. They might accomplish something they never thought they could.
Running is real. It’s all joy and woe, hard as diamond. It makes you weary beyond comprehension, but it also makes you free.
Wrestling is different than MMA or boxing or really any other contact sport in that you can't really draw along an opponent.
I played a kid's game, I got to do it at the beach, and I was able to support my family. I consider myself incredibly lucky.
The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.
I owe so much to my dad and what he has done for me. And it's hard work doing what he has done, so he's entitled to a break.
When I was competing, I cut out red meat but only because I felt it took too long to digest, so I stuck to chicken and fish.
The skiing center of the world is southeastern Indiana, where I like to call home. It looks like the Alps there; it's crazy.
I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.
I felt totally myself, nothing like the emptiness and horrible feeling I had then [pulling out the Olympics] - no dizziness.
I'm the kind of person that when I really want something, I wish for it. I wish on shooting stars. I wish on lots of things.
Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
I must refine my training every day to give myself the best opportunity to achieve my dreams during the Olympic Games in Rio.
It's all about the hard work, knowing your strengths and weaknesses. You work on what you know you can do best. I have speed.
I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships.
I think a lot of our team commitment is a silent understanding that each one of us has poured our life into what we're doing.
The difference between my world record and many world class runners is mental fortitude. I ran believing in mind over matter.
It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
I remember my first World Championships. I got zero turns, and I got turned multiple times, and I was still a World Champion.
It's become a lot bigger than just winning championships. It's about inspiring hopefully millions at some point in my career.
It's great to be boxing a local boxer. The atmosphere is always fantastic. I love those fights. I really relish those fights.
To me, I can be famous in sports. But to me, I cannot say it means a lot to be famous. Being famous is something I don't like.
My feelings tried to control me on my run. I had to concentrate fully on forthcoming running and success. I wanted to triumph.
It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
If you think you're higher than UFC, if you think you're better than all the other fighters, then maybe you should get pulled.
Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.