In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.
Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.
Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.
My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings.
Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.
Of course, I believe injury has stopped me winning more tournaments.
If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.
If I make a mistake and finish 10th when we should have finished ninth, then I will be unhappy.
A lot of times late in your career, you don't have a chance to win a championship.
If you are not a good team, you will never get to the final day of the Premier League season or the final of the FA Cup.
Crossroads fights are an important part of boxing. The winner goes on to bigger and better things, while the loser squanders a significant career opportunity.
One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.
I am pleased I went from fourth back into a medal position, but bronze is not good enough for me.
I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we'll have competition. And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would've lost the ground to win.
Players judge their careers based on medals and trophies, don't they, and they look back on what they have achieved.
You know in 1982, the year we came in tied for 3rd, we probably had a better team - I mean as far as talent. When we came back the following year and won it, our pitching staff was a little more experienced and it was such a thrill.
A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, as those you've won money from are not likely to commiserate with you. Winning takes getting used to.
Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.
You don't really want to play your brother. You want to play your brother in a championship game because not only does someone lose, someone's going to win a championship, too. To me, that's the only time you're really looking to do it.
More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to claim one.
If the IAAF feel that is the right way to go for TV rights and everything, the rule will stay. As much as I want to be on the podium, tonight is a sad night for athletics.
