I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

When I came into the gym, I wasn't just some guy. I was a two-time Olympian.

I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may have experienced the same things.

I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.