I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.

One of the main techniques I used was focusing on the goal and visualising myself competing in the race before the race started.

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.

As long as we're winning football games, I'm happy.

For me the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn't choose my media life.

I was the center on our fraternity team, but I was a center-eligible, so I was known for my ability to go out, and I was pretty sure-handed catching a pass in the flat about ten yards down the field. My father played high school football and was pretty good. He also played center, so I always relished the idea that we both ended up playing center.

I am a sporty person who loves to go to the gym, train, play football.