I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.

When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.

It's hard to give a career like this up, when I tell my wife I'm going to the office, and it's the beach.

Playing against better competition makes you better and more focused, so you can do what you have to, to win.

It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.