Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it's the Olympics. I'm blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one... and stay healthy.
For me, when I was in high school, that was my ultimate dream, was to make it to the NBA.
I always dreamed of playing the NBA, but along the way, the road got a little cloudy.
Am I athletic? In my dreams.
It's been a dream of mine to play in the NFL, so whenever I hear my name being talked about in someone's mock draft or whether or not he should stay or go, it's always interesting to listen to, but at the same time, I don't take it for granted.
Of course I want to score more goals in the Champions League. But I never want to compare myself or be compared to Lionel Messi.
I know this: the opportunity to play, when that leaves, it is over.
I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year
I only care about winning and putting points on the board.
The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.
To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.
I didn't grow up playing football. I wanted to be a basketball player.
My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.
My plan always was to play college football, hope to get a few snaps in and then go on to medical school. As I went further in my career and got to my junior year, I realized as I looked around, 'I got a shot here, and I might as well go after it.'
At first, I was thinking about just getting to the NBA, just watching the NBA, being one of the All-Stars in the NBA.
I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball.
I don't ever think about, 'Aw, man, my legacy. My legacy this.' No, I just want to fight the best fights out there to fight just to prove to the world that I'm the best fighter in the world.
I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
I think an Olympic medal is the only thing missing from what I can physically achieve as a cyclist. I can't win the Tour de France, but I've pretty much won everything else that I can within my physical realm, so that's the only thing missing.
I wasn't concerned with the money stuff; I only wanted to play football.
My goal is to play a lot, more often, and to be a leader.
Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.
I recognized from a young age that I wasn't a football player; I played football.
I was in school to play basketball; I wasn't trying to be a doctor. It's hard to talk about the NCAA rules and everything that happened in the past because I've just been focused on practicing and getting ready... I was trying to reach my dreams, and that's to play in the NBA.
