I want to show kids, look where I came from. You can do it too if you believe and are willing to work hard.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl.

You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.

I can't help who I fall in love with. No one can.

There is nothing I've been through in my life that I regret, or that I would go back and change. I feel like everything that happened - personally and professionally - I went through for a reason, and I learned from those things.