[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.

I always just had a dream to spend more time with my father. But at the end of the day, my mom was the one who kept me in soccer,who kept me doing my homework, who provided me with meals on a daily basis.

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

It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am.

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

I know I can't dance. I am the worst dancer. I have no rhythm. I just do step-and-snap. I love it in the privacy of my own home and every once in a while at a club. But singing and dancing are my two greatest fears.

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