I have given my life to the game and to the sport.

I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.

I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.'

She [my mother] struggled, abusing alcohol for quite some time, and so we just kind of drifted apart. I went to college. But I dedicate the book to her because she is the true champion of the family. She kept our family together. She provided us with a roof over our head. She always worked.