The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

"Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track."

I don't have to be enemies with someone to be competitors with them.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them.

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.