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

I know that I'm breaking down barriers. And I know that in the end I'm doing a great thing.

True heros are made of hard work and integrity.

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 father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.

I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook.

My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.