Difficult As It Was To

You Learn As Much From Those Who Have Failed As From Those Who Have Succeeded.

That First Peak Is The Best Place To Pause And Look Back, To See If You Took The Easiest Route, To Learn The Lessons From The First Climb. And It Is The Best Place To Examine The Terrain Ahead, To Change Your Plans And Goals, To Take A Deep Breath And Begin Climbing Again.

I Don't Always Do A Lot Of Predicting, But, When I Get A Really Strong Feeling About Something, I Will Tell People.

The Basis Of Self-discipline: Don't Allow The Edges To Blur.

I Had Already Been Into My Professional Career For Six Years And Had Not Won An Individual Gold Medal At The Olympics. There Was A Tremendous Amount Of Pressure Going Into 1996 To Get It Done.