"When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health."

"Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports."

"I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it."

"There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism."

"It is a profound truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The paradox of freedom is that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America."