Even At 10 Or 12, I Was

I Don't Have To Be Enemies With Someone To Be Competitors With Them.

Winning Is Great, But Being Able To Finish My Last Olympic Games On American Soil Was Very Important. Even Though I Was Injured, I Didn't Let My Psyche Get The Best Of Me And Cause Me To Doubt Myself, So I Was Willing To Pull Every Muscle In My Body In '96 In Order To Get The Job Done And I Came Away With The Bronze Medal.

There Is Something About Seeing Myself Improve That Motivates And Excites Me.

It Wasn't Until I Was 14 And Watched The 1976 Olympic Games On Television That I Really Started To Dream About The Big Time. I Remember Seeing Evelyn Ashford In The 100 Meters, And She Was Going To Ucla.

I'm Not Shy. I'm Modest, But I'm Very Outgoing.