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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being unconventional.
- Parents
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
- Fitness
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A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.
- Hands
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I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk around the projects on our hands and see who could get the farthest. I was always playing football with them, basketball or racing in the street.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a lot cheaper to go to the corner store and buy vegetables than take a family out for fast food.
- Being Different
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- Nov 07, 2020