“If I made it it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.”

“In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.”

“In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.”

“No matter what accomplishments you make somebody helped you.”

“If I made it it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.”

“I was nervous and confident at the same time nervous about going out there in front of all of those people with so much at stake and confident that I was going to go out there and win.”