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.

I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

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

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.

Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see.

My life is a beautiful struggle.