I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job.

What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for something then I can succeed. I haven't been listening to my heart in the last little while.

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

I am kind of like a diesel. It is the cyclist in me.

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like you're going to die. That's what I wanted, and that's what I got.

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.