In terms of everyone talking about how he broke his word by leaving the sport, I ignore all of that. It's like me announcing that I'm leaving teaching despite being a good teacher, and then a throng of cameras asking me if I promise not to come back, with the world waiting for me to say yes so that they can criticize me for failing to keep my word. It doesn't make sense to me.

I personally don't think the doping allegations are on many people's minds. He did pass his drug tests, and that's pretty much all we can do to prove he did or did not dope. Drugs are a big part of sports, so once a person passes their drug test, I'm as happy as I can be with that.

I'm glad he came back. I think he will do very well. He can win, but it's definitely possible at this point that he doesn't.

I hope he does something else with his temporary celebrity as well, like some good charity work or speaking up for a cause.

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