Jackie joyner kersee

Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit,...

Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's...

People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only...

I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go...

I'm always challenged by someone.

Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader.

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in...