As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me.

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

My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.

Being an athlete, you try to get protein.

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue really sets the social standard for what people expect the perfect woman's body to look like, and a lot of those bodies usually look the same.

Strong and healthy is the new sexy.

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.'