Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

The only one who can beat me is me.

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

Life is a book. We write in everyday existence.

...a school's worth should be measured not by how its students perform on standardized tests but by how well they function as adult graduates of the school...

St. Thomas is really a great man quite apart from his saintliness.

We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector.

I'm trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much as some people would like.

You know, one of my - one of my best and, I think, most enlightening moments was when I was contacted by Michael Jackson. And he requested that I paint his portrait.

I want people to understand that design is so much more than cute chairs - that it is first and foremost everything that is around us in our life.

I think its very important that we enjoy our life, that we get everything we can out of it.

Be reckless in your intensities.

The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.