“My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.”

“It's kind of nice in some ways having an Olympic Trials where I finished second. You can kind of go in more under the radar facing a 2:03 guy and facing a lot of dudes who are faster than I am, whereas, before Beijing, I had one of the top 10 times in the field, or something like that.”