I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.

Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing.

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.

I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.

It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.

My life was very Japanese.

I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

Disease often tells its secrets in a casual parenthesis.

It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.

Teaching is a wonderful way to learn.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.

Gossip is the worst form of judging.

I am an actor. I am an artist. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a partner. I have a past that some people may not agree with, but it does not define who I am.