If you lose yourself, then no one's going to respect or pay attention to anything you have.

Once you get to the plate, you have two options: You either quit, or you try to hit the ball.

The key to skeleton is to find the line, and I think I spend most of training figuring out where that sweet spot is.

There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.

It's really hard not to think too much. If I try to control the sled too much so that I have perfect lines, I'm really slow.

I always challenged men, you know, in foot races or whatever as a kid growing up, because it was a way of pushing myself and challenging myself against the best - but you have to know and accept that men are born with testosterone. You can beat them for so long, but eventually they’ll catch up.

If you lose yourself, then no one's going to respect or pay attention to anything you have.