The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science.

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance.

Realize that from the start, every activity that comprises the journey has value and the ability to teach you something.

I have read many studies out of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and they demonstrated that Vitamin E, Co-Q-10, and Fish Oil could protect the immune system of athletes and prevent disease.

During the 60's, drug use was in fashion in the U.S.

As I mentioned previously, the tools that allow for optimum health are diet and exercise.

Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians.

The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens.

Athens will again be the host of the Games in 2004, but there are rumors that they might be switched if the Greeks don't begin to construct the sites faster.

Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family.

It was the last time I would ever do that.

Tighten your prose so the story flows.

Some of the technologies that were created during the Industrial Revolution were appalling, such as capitalization, investment, social hierarchy, sexism, racism, and ecological destruction.

We doin it big. Look at what I done. Look at where I'm is. It's only just begun.

The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself.

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.

If you're going to start something-if it's worth starting-then it's worth finishing. That's what I live by.

Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards

I have great trouble with the people who envision AIDS as a punishment from God.