People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me.

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

I am the only girl in the family so everyone pampered me.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

People like scandals.

Competing helps me to polish my shape.

I realized that health is the most important thing and that all the other things come with time if you are devoted enough.

The Olympics must be my curse or something.

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

Reach out for, then embrace your heart consciousness, tap into The Power of The Heart.

I am cleaning my home but I don't clean my mind.

George W. Bush made the agreement about when American troops would leave Iraq, not Barack Obama.

When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

My doctor told me to watch my drinking. Now I drink in front of a mirror.

Man must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.

The art isn't there to be purchased - it's there to be enjoyed.

I believe there is an unseen world all around us.

I can't wait to die so I can be a skeleton and play my chest like a xylophone.

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.