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" My father's NFL dreams never really felt like motivation to me, but it was something to aspire to. He was such a great athlete, the least I could do is try and use my athletic talent to represent my country in a different way. He represented as a Marine. Maybe I could do something to represent as an athlete. "

Elana Meyers

Try

Dreams

Father

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" When bobsled is going right - and it sometimes goes wrong - it's the closest thing I could imagine to being a superhero. "

" Having my dad play for the Falcons, what it did was really to expose me to a whole bunch of other elite-level athletes, which I think gives me an advantage and allowed me to understand what goes into sports. It is more than going out onto the field and going out onto the ice and competing. "

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" I made driving mistakes in Sochi that cost me gold, and I'll torture myself for the rest of my life about that! "

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" Bobsledding is an expensive sport. "

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" I've got some genetic gifts. "

" I was a shortstop in softball, and a lot of times I had collisions with base runners coming in, so I definitely have scars. "

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" I got a letter from a mom, and she was telling me about how her daughter is a tomboy and the trouble she has in classes and being around boys. She herself had the same kinds of problems growing up and how inspired they were by me. That was such an incredible email to receive. "

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Problems

" Anytime you hit a curve, or you hit on the side of the wall, you hit against the side of the sled. We're taking four to five, sometimes six or seven Gs on our body every time we go down the track. And then the crashing. "

" The biggest thing for me is keeping my hair moisturized. My go-tos are the Pantene Gold Series Hydrating Butter Cream and Intense Hydrating Oil. "

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" I think the hardest thing is that all of us would love to just stick to sports - but if you want us to be role models to kids, then you need to stand for more than just sports. "

" People say a two-man sled is like driving a racecar, and a four-man is like driving a truck. And it feels that way. "

Elana Meyers

Say

Driving

" Bobsled boils down to three things - your equipment, start, and drive. To win the Olympics requires all three. "

" All growing up, the outside world wants to tell you what you can and cannot do as a female - what sports are acceptable, what sports are appropriate, what is appropriate to study, what is appropriate to say. But luckily, I have a strong family, and my mom is the most amazing mom in the world. She never let me worry about biases. "

" I love who I am. But being a woman competing in a male-dominated sport and always trying to push the envelope as a female athlete, you get a lot of comparisons to men and things like that. "

" I love driving the sled more than anything. "

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Than

Love

" The Lord calls us to love everybody. "

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Everybody

Love

" Bobsled is best for athletes who are fast and strong, which were my strengths in softball. "

" If I'm honest, the thing I remember the most was the team mascot, Freddie the Falcon. I really remember there was a McDonald's nearby, and I remember eating a cheeseburger in the playground when the Falcon appeared. I'm not sure my dad appreciates that being my favorite memory of him playing. "

" I've been in plenty of crashes! Some are not too bad - resulting in ice burn. Others are pretty rough, and sometimes - rarely, but sometimes - people do get seriously injured. It's a risk we all know of and accept. If you bobsled, you're going to crash - guaranteed. "

" I trash talk all the time. "

" Growing up, most girls have this image of how they want their wedding to be and things like that. I had none of that except for the cake I wanted, and that's what I got. The cake was the first thing we ordered. "

" In Sochi, I felt like I lost a gold. "

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Gold

Lost

" I went to college, George Washington University, and played softball there. I also played professionally but with the real goal of being an Olympian and making the Olympic team. "

" The more eyeballs there are on the sport, it will get more diverse. "

" We train six days a week, and each day includes some type of running or strength workout. It's all about getting functionally stronger in the positions that matter for racing, which means balancing the strength between my quads and hamstrings. "

" Bobsledding is like sprinting with NASCAR. You get to push these 400-pound sleds as fast as you can down a hill and hop in. How could you not enjoy that? "