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

"The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation."

"I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being."

"All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me."

"I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it."

"People need to be made conscious of a very simple reality: we have no choice but to share this planet, this small blue sphere floating in the vast reaches of space, with all of our fellow 'passengers.'"

"And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?"

"Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you."