I've always felt like if I had a bad practice, I could potentially get cut the next day.
The AAU doesn't care about the athletes; why should I care about them?
Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now it's you, your wife, your agent, your investment counselor, your stockbroker, and your publisher.
I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.
I'm always hesitant to make any serious moves because you never know how the N.F.L. will treat you, you know?
The thing I'm afraid of the most with the 800m is injuries. That's why I don't normally like to run in a group: I prefer to be in front, just in case someone pushes me with their spikes. I don't like stuff like that.
When I had those injuries in college, I had all of these conversations with coaches about protecting myself. It was a constant internal struggle for me.
I'm slightly concerned, because as a centre-half who took a lot of knocks to the head I'm not normally synonymous with being a fashion icon.
It's just like any athlete, we all want a new contract. But I'm not going to stress over it. It's not the end of the world if I don't get it. If I get it, that's good.
I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.
Part of me worries about upsetting people, because we all have perceptions about Olympic champions.
I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
