If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.
Life is about timing.
Channel your energy. Focus.
Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.
I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and be the inspiration to lead people to do things they never hoped to do.
The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
It’s all about the journey, not the outcome.
The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you’re going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.
Scientists have proven that it’s impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don’t listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.
My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it’s about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
I’ve always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me.
An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.
I’m a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
I wouldn’t be surprised if one day Carl’s halo slipped and choked him.