It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.

I set my phone with motivational quotes to go off on random days and times. Like, 'You're stronger than you think you are.' I'll forget about it, then one will pop up and it'll give me a little boost.

I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

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

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.

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