If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.

If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

I always keep myself in a position of being a student.

I always keep myself in a position of being a student.

Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.

Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me.

There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

I don't have to be enemies with someone to be competitors with them.

I don't have to be enemies with someone to be competitors with them.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.

The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore.

I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore.

I've won. Hurray! I don't have to go to school any more.

I've won. Hurray! I don't have to go to school any more.

In my time it was different. When I knew the wind was strong, I attacked myself to make the race as hard as possible.

In my time it was different. When I knew the wind was strong, I attacked myself to make the race as hard as possible.

Cyclists live with pain. If you can't handle it you will win nothing

Cyclists live with pain. If you can't handle it you will win nothing

Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades.

Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades.