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The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness.

I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.

I'm getting more towards that point where I'm ready to kind of pass the torch on and see the next generation succeed behind me.

The torch America carries is one of decency and hope. It is not America's torch alone. But it is America's duty - and honor - to hold it high enough that all the world can see its light.

I love the relays. Track is such an individual sport, so it's fun to do something together.

I love having candles, especially when you get downtime. I could just pass out seeing the flame flicker with the lights off.

Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines.

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.

I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a small Bengal village to the chandeliers of Delhi.

I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.