“In track years... track is not like other sports. You do have track athletes that stay in this sport until, like, 35, 36, but I think when you get to 28, it's really difficult.”

“You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.”

“Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.”

“A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.”

“When people see your personality come out, they feel so good, like they actually know who you are.”

“I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.”

“Overcome your problems as they arise. Do not live in fear of the next bad thing in your life. Enjoy your time now and trust that you have the strength to defeat every problem that comes your way in...”

“I'm going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and...”

“It is not how long the music last but how much we enjoy.”

“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.”

“These examples suggest what one needs to learn to control attention. In principle any skill or discipline one can master on ones own will serve: meditation and prayer if one is so inclined; exercis...”

“The joy from eating does not come from the exclusivity of the food, but instead from the sensitivity that we eat it with.”

“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”

“I worked out what would make me happy, and I worked out what I wanted to do, and I trained myself to do the job that would make those two things happen' 'You make it sound so simple.''It is simple,...”

“Does the work get easier once you know what you are doing?""Your lungs grow thick with stone dust and your eyes bleary from the sun and fragments thrown up by the chisel. You pour your lifeblood ou...”