But they've [my children] made me better. They hold me more accountable for who I am and who I aspire to be, and they make me want to be better. And that's not just as a mommy, but as a woman and as an athlete.

In my heart, I'm so far from done.

I switched from indoor to beach I had been playing indoor for 12 years. And, to be honest, to make a living indoors you have to go overseas. I am such a family girl and just wanted to be home, so that didn't appeal to me.

We want to seal the deal that we're the best team that's ever happened.

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

That's a very privileged job and I love it with all my heart. I'm planning on playing my best volleyball to date throughout 2016 and certainly during the Olympics.

People think we have coasted the last four years. We fought, we had a lot of battles. We've always had to battle.