People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.

I'm competitive - that's what defines me - and I love it.

I don't even have my own computer.

Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.

If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes.

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.

It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

One of the shocks of a 50th birthday is realizing the fundamental fact that your youth is irrevocably over.

If I'm more prepared, the success will fall on me; if not, it will fall on someone else, and I'm okay with that.

I said, "I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them." I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.

Yeah,” said Iggy. “But what now? Let’s do something fun.” I guess being on the run from bloodthirsty Erasers and insane scientists wasn’t enough fun for him. Kids today are so spoiled.

The eternal female draws us onward.

I just wanna see some football.

I don't do a lot of top-down teaching.

The mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people don't perform.