"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become tarnished. Trophies gather dust. Friendships last forever."

"My biggest competition is myself."

"The greatest joy in life is to accomplish something that people say you can't do."

"For a time, I was a national hero. But then I came home, and I was just another colored man."

"The only way to know your limits is to go beyond them."