The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.

I honestly feel like my job since I was 22 has been to be an Olympian.

I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do.

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

Being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right.

We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.

I do a program called Fast Twitch twice a week, basically my lifting and strength training, I'm working with a spine specialist, which has been a new addition for me since my surgery to really get some great support for my shoulder, and I really love the way my body feels. It takes the pressure off my lower back and kind of just shares duties, really, with my body.