My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.

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.

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

Speech is the image of actions

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.

You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.