I think it's very important, even if you're not in organized sports, but just to be active, to be healthy.

I've got to make sure I'm keeping weight on.

It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God. It was probably towards the end of high school in my senior year when things really started to come together and I realized that I had more potential and that I could do this as a career and that the Olympics were a possibility.

I grew up in a Christian home with amazing parents.

I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

I grew up in my mom's third grade classroom and always helping her, and I also got a passion for kids that way.

Most people don't think about plyometrics when they think about powerful strength. But I do lots of them to build mine.