I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason.

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.