It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But read more

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.

Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My read more

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not read more

Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.