I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.
I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.
I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.
I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.
Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved.
I was so worried about winning, it was as if I was caught up in my own web.
A month before the season, I don't order fries with my club sandwich.
A month before the season I stop putting ketchup on my french fries.
This is really a new NHL and it's built on speed and young guys.
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.
During the decathlon, I always think only of the next event and my personal record.
I pondered what I should do and wasn't sure. Then it just finally became clear.
Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.
In L.A., we had a game room with a new sensation called Pac-Man.
My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.
Most people just see ski racing during the Olympics.
Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.
One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.
I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
