No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.

Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that.

I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.

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

One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say.

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 still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'