“The fans and supporters are also part of the Olympic family.”

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don’t listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don’t listen anyway.

What is jazz? It, It’s almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It’s a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.

It’s hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there’s no buzz, there’s no interest.

When people go to concerts, they say I’m going to see… not, I’m going to hear.

If it’s not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what’s the point of playing Terrapin Station?

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

When it applies to the Olympics and making a decision, I have to claim Australia as my country.

Hopefully before I’m done, I can be on an Olympic team.

Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.

I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.

I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry.

Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident.

There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.