"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at."

"My family was so poor that I didn't get to wear shoes until I was 7 years old."

"The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness."

"I ran for my life, and I ran for my people."

"The only way to get through life is to keep moving forward."