My mom taught me how to sew when I was super young; I used to make clothes for my dolls. When I finally went to [fashion design] school [in 1999], I really took to pattern making. Everyone in class was good at something; I was the person, if you need help with your patterns, you come to me and I would help you out.

When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN.

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive.

We're sisters, we're roommates, we're all that.

I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall