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The best boxers don't always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please God, that won't happen to me.
Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.
And then in life, you always have to try, and today, I may not have succeeded, but I am happy to have tried to beat my record.
I can't live without scissors. I don't have any tattoos, but I thought if I ever got a tattoo, it should probably be scissors.
If you want to continue to be the best in the world, then you have to train and compete like you are second best in the world.
Messi or Cristiano - Speed? Cristiano. Shot? Cristiano. Dribbling? Messi. Intelligence? Messi. Talent? Messi. Winner is Messi!
It was not perfect but I'm very happy. It could have been better, but I'm now looking forward to my second race of the season.
There's probably nothing quite like crossing the finish line and seeing the clock read numbers that you have never seen before.
Nobody can walk on a track and beat me unless they have an extraordinary day and I have a bad day, which I keep from happening.
Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood.
I have a nutritionist living with me, cooking my food, weighing it, portioning out a lot of things, and it's very detailed now.
I wanted to be amongst the greats. I wanted to be a Simone Biles, a Michael Phelps, an Ashton Eaton. I wanted to be those guys.
It's important to have a healthy balanced diet but not to get too bogged down about it. It's important to enjoy your food, too.
I am the type of guy that always looks into the future. But, of course, you never completely forget a javelin in your shoulder.
As people get older, they get married, have kids. I'm not married. I don't have kids, so I'm able to focus 100 percent on this.
We all understand that this isn't about me beating you and you beating me. It's about each individual competing against himself.
People need to know that by donating, coaching, and just lending support, anyone can become part of the wonderful global family.
My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible until I was 16.
Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
I'd like to see him fight at 135 for the championship. I want to see how good Demetrious Johnson is or how far he could take it.
When you're so consistent, people have to stand up and take notice. I don't think people recognise or praise consistency enough.
I grew up until I was seven in Jamaica with my grandmother, who I still think of as the greatest person I have known in my life.
I wanted to run my race. I didn't want to sit there and play games and see who could kick the hardest. I wanted it to be a race.
Overtraining is the biggest problem incurred by runners who lack the experience or discipline to cope with their own enthusiasm.
One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.
Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.
I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
I took only twice a time-out, once, when I was hurt, and a second time, when I much felt I was exhausted out of personal reasons.
Fighting against undefeated IBF 154-pound champion Marie-Eve Dicaire continues my quest to fight the very best in women's boxing.
What you did was live on very little. I think all of us that were competing - Bill is the same way - you don't need much to live.
You can never give up or get down on yourself. A true champion keeps his or her chin up and always takes life one race at a time.
It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.
There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.
I know MMA isn't for everyone. It is a combat sport; some people don't like watching it, but it is entertainment for some people.
What I have learned about the sport of cycling is that you have to love it to do it because you're not going to retire off of it.
Sometimes parents limit the experiences their kids will have, saying they are going to fail; they can't ride a bike or do sports.
Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.
I used to get so comfortable running the hurdles, I was just like a ballet dancer going out there and going through the routines.
Since they came in with the selfie, it's the worst thing. You hardly ever get asked for autographs any more. It's always selfies.
There is no magic move or secret that creates victory but lots of little items that, when added together, can make you victorious.
I'm the kind of person who doesn't really focus on more negativity. I'm a positive person, and I look at things in a positive way.
At the Olympics, for those eight minutes of each fight, all that attention was on me. Either the crowd is with you or against you.
And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.
Ultimately when you have the perspective of why you're competing and what you're trying to pursue, the rest just falls into place.
If you botch a handoff or stutter step in a relay, then your team has to make up that lost time. It's always you versus the clock.
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
My kids going to school and teachers denying my kids the grades that they should have once they found out that I was their father.
When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.
Contrary to popular belief, there are actually quite a few guys in the action sports community that have faith and are Christians.
I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.