The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.

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

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

The greatest finish line for me was finishing college - it was a pact I made with my mother, during a time when she fell ill. That happened during my Freshman year, and unfortunately she never saw me compete in the Olympics. But she really wanted me to finish college, because she never finished Junior High.

If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.

Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.