The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.

When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.

That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day.

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.