I think I have always wanted to tell stories. My mother was the real catalyst. I kept talking about it and so she pulled out a story I wrote (and illustrated) back in elementary school. She used that as proof that I should be writing and had been doing so unconsciously for years.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I do love it. It's a different side to writing. It's like the fine-tuning.

The editing process is a necessary evil. I can write until the cows come home but it is all garbage until it gets edited.

The best part of being a pro is being able to travel around the world. I have met so many incredible people and experienced different cultures all through sport.

I'm still reading some scripts and I model as well, so I'm still doing that. But I don't want to do like just anything so we're being really selective about the stuff I'll do.

There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics.