It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But read more

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is read more

Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any read more

Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

Life is one long struggle in the dark.

Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not read more

Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.