There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.

All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.

Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader.

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

Even if the person doesn't know what the internet can do, we can bring it to them and show how it can make a difference in their lives.