I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe.

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.

Once you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you view, you can view from that perspective, which makes everything a learning asset for you.

I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant so much. It just felt so good.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.