A belt does nothing but hold your gi together. A belt has assigned significance, a belt is someone else saying you're good, you don't need other people saying that you're good in order to be good.

Sports Illustrated is very serious about their covers. They'll never say, like, 'Oh you got it.'

I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying.

I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done.

Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of.

I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant.

At home, I watch fights and documentaries - that's it. If it's not about the birth and death of stars, 'Frozen Planet,' or someone getting punched in the face, I'm probably not watching it.