 Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. |
| The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. |
| We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. |
| A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. |
| I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up. |
| Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it. |
| Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need. |
| Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. |
| Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. |
| The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness. |
| If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. |
| One chance is all you need. |
| For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world. |
