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

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.

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

I'm a realist and I always have been.

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

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