You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to forget how bad it was the last time.

You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.

I call myself a chameleon.

When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.

As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.