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

There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me.

I'm a realist and I always have been.

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

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

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.

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.