An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.
Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.
I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!
When I step out onto the ice to compete 'Romeo and Juliet,' I don't feel like a fighter. I feel very nervous, and it's very difficult for me to get into the mindset for it.
You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.
I didn't want to be like everyone else. I wanted to be better. If I did what everybody else did, then why would you look up to me? Why would I set an example?
In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.
I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
I knew what I wanted to do in sport from the age of nine.
Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.
They'll take everything, even your tears.
Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.
I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.
Kids get influenced by other kids.
The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.
Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
I know about winning batting titles.
I was born to be champion of the world.
You have to step up when your number is called.
