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When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

Hopefully, I can get multiple distances out there and re-establish myself as one of the best jumpers in the world.

When I was younger, I did not have the strength to jump well enough, but over the years I have gained that, worked on it. But the sensibility you simply have to have.

It's not about how high you jump. It's about how high everyone else jumps.

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two or three years on a whole new set of events. You're used to doing well and it's difficult to give that up.

I don't like one-foot jumpers like LeBron James. It looks better jumping off two feet. Every time Michael Jordan jumped off two feet, it looked so much better.

I played high school basketball at six feet, then I went to 5-11 in my 50's, and then, bang, I went down to 5-9.

I think I might not be the best vertical athlete, but I think I'm quicker than people give me credit for. That was the biggest knock on me coming out of college.