Then after I saw the scoreboard that we were tied, I was really happy, because I really wanted to win.

Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.

I think we all have had better days in competition.

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great.

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

Athens was a great experience and I'll always be able to look back on it and say I achieved my ultimate goal in gymnastics.

I think were all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best well win again. All we need to do is hit.

I was hated, you know. I made no secret of the fact that I was an atheist. People told me there are no atheists in fox holes. That's nonsense. [interview promoting Marching as to War (2002)]

Knowing what to expect from a teacher is a really good thing, of course: It lets you get the right answers more quickly than you would otherwise.

Capital in money form has no citizenship. It is fungible, an asset capable of moving from place to place in a nanosecond.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.

The comic world has its own limitations, as everything does. I adore it, I respect it, but it's not going to take over all of me.

One thing I know about Willie Hutch: my homie, [Big] Jerm, listens to nothing but Soul music, so he put me on to all this Soul music back in the day.

Allah created the bonds of family, so Who are you to cut bonds that Allah has created.

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

When you want knowledge and understanding as badly as you wanted air, you won't have to ask anyone to give it to you.