The fastest humans alive and their pursuit of greatness.
I cannot decide whether I was well named or not. Many a time the name has stirred me to victory.
— Jim Thorpe
"I cannot decide whether I was well named or not. Many a time the name has stirre..."
I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles.
— Simone Biles
"I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles."
It's important to teach our female athletes that it's OK to say no.
"It's important to teach our female athletes that it's OK to say no."
Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me.
"Nobody is going to make a spectacle out of me."
Life is about timing.
— Carl Lewis
"Life is about timing."
I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all.
"I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take ..."
Thanks, King.
"Thanks, King."
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: get out of the blocks, run y...
"My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: get out ..."
If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.
"If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win."
I do what I do because of the pure joy of it.
"I do what I do because of the pure joy of it."
Smiling doesn't win you gold medals.
"Smiling doesn't win you gold medals."
I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some game against my playmates.
"I never was content unless I was trying my skill in some game against my playmat..."
