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

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

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.

Speech is the image of actions

I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics.

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

On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world.