I'm living such a lucky and blessed life and I'm trying my best to deserve it.

That I happened to fall into a career that no other girls wanted isn't surprising to me. I wanted something that didn't exist, so I had to create it.

You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.

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

I feel like when I fight it's an art, and Art isn't supposed to be 'nice', it isn't supposed to be liked. It's supposed to make you feel something.

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

I'm not a full model like those other girls. Mostly I was surprised that I could hang.