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I carry a golf ball to put under my feet when they get tight, and a Thera-Band for general stretching.
I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.
When I'm in good form there are chances that rivals will worry more about you more than you about them.
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.
I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared.
I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.
The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
I think it's very important, even if you're not in organized sports, but just to be active, to be healthy.
The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
I want to find that defining moment that you're satisfied and you've done what you want to do in your life.
Success is doing everything you could the right way and saying man, I did the best I could - that's success.
I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete.
Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will
My life isn't interesting! It's my mom. You need to write her life and put me in it. I'm a cameo in her life.
Nobody has ever said anything about Marion Jones every using performance-enhancing drugs and they never will.
When you can't read or write at 14 or 15, in most cases you're headed for trouble, and trouble was finding me.
I grew up in my mom's third grade classroom and always helping her, and I also got a passion for kids that way.
You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.
This is my future and I will take personal responsibility for making sure all competition requirements are met.
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
I've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.
I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.
I'm inspired by failure. The process of defeat – picking yourself back up again is the hardest thing in the world.
I know that I wasn't bred to be an Olympian. I didn't start running until high school, and I just stumbled upon to.
I like cooking - I make a good stir-fry and the family likes it when I make stewed chicken and macaroni and cheese.
People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be number one.
I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
I have learned that track doesn't define me. My faith defines me. I'm running because I have been blessed with a gift.
Maybe the reason faith is called faith is because seeing doesn't lead to belief, but belief transforms the way we see.
Harder than training for the Olympics, harder than graduating from college, has been to stay a virgin before marriage.
Most of the time our events aren't in the papers and they're not televised, so people don't know when we're competing.
Most people don't think about plyometrics when they think about powerful strength. But I do lots of them to build mine.
To get the adrenaline pumping between events - or to help me switch off, Jay Z, the Roots and Drake are on my playlist.
You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it.
I really believe in the last name Hoffa being something powerful. You want to live your life to bring honor to that name.
After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.
I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
I would like to thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for the very fair manner in which this matter has been dealt with.
Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side.
I feel like I'm always going to be me. It always goes back to being the person that I am. And I hope that will never change.
I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
It took Dan Jansen, the speed skater, four Olympics to win a medal-a gold one at that!-but he never gave up. I won't, either.
Its a good feeling when people come up to you and tell you your music helps them, and as long as it does, I'll keep making it.
My daughter's mother and I are no longer dating, and the people I'm most likely to date are those around me, who are athletes.
I am a sprinter, and I love to go fast. It's very difficult for me to be patient and follow a race strategy or conserve energy.
The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.