I don't understand when you say I'm a man or I have a deep voice. I know I'm a female, so there's no question for me.

I am of the firm view that there is no impediment to me competing in athletics competitions.

I've always liked to be on my own, since I was young. I like the sound of a quiet place. It helps me focus.

I don't have rights. Let's put it this way: in athletics, I don't have rights.

I just preach the importance of reading, the importance of learning and challenging yourself to be the best you can be in life, whatever it is you do.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. They were the children of Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from England and Lithuania in the late 1800s.