Bonnie Blair

Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process. ”

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories. ”

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal. ”

My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible until I was 16. ”

I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals. ”

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before. ”

Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else. ”

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories. ”

You have to have the right mind-set. ”

What's really hard is when you're having those more difficult days, you've got to be able to dig down deep and be able to go out there and do what it takes to be the best you can be, even on the hardest days. ”