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" Being southern and doing bobsled was difficult from the standpoint that I had no idea how to handle the cold and how to dress in the cold, let alone warm up and compete in the cold - so it was a definite shock. I didn't even own a coat when I first started bobsledding! "

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" Making the transition from softball to bobsleigh was difficult, but my family and friends believed in me when no one else would. "

Elana Meyers

Friends

Transition

" I don't like cold weather. "

" I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian. "

" Bobsled is a universal sport, and most people don't know that. Anybody can slide down a hill. "

" I'll do whatever I need to do to bring more athletes to the sport. "

Elana Meyers

Whatever

Bring

" If one little girl who looks like me picks up a winter sport because she sees me, that's all anybody could ever ask for. "

" Traditionally, the treatment for a concussion has been to stare at a wall and wait for your brain to heal itself. Don't watch TV, don't read a book, don't look at your phone, and definitely don't train. It's a torturous protocol for an athlete. "

" My mom has never cared if I did sports or not. Obviously, she's proud of me, and she loves the fact that I'm an Olympian and she's got these trinkets to hang around with the medals and whatnot. But if I wanted to do whatever, if I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer or whatever, she was going to support me regardless. "

" The Midland community is huge into softball. They have a lot of competitive men's teams. We played at a beautiful stadium, and our games would be packed every weekend. I'm pretty sure people have my signature on softballs and they don't even know. Because we would just sign so many autographs all of the time. "

" There is a stigma in our sport that men are the better drivers. People think that, because the men compete in two-man and four-man, they are more versatile and that the women aren't great drivers. "

" Oh my gosh, cheat meals I could go on and on about. "

Elana Meyers

About

Cheat

" The things I've had to overcome have been crazy. "

" In bobsled, you work as a team - a driver and a brakeman. Both athletes push, but the brakeman's biggest responsibility is to push as fast as she can and get in and ride down in a good aerodynamic position. The driver helps to push but gets in first and then steers the sled down the track. We aren't just along for the ride, despite how it looks! "

" I know how much my mom has impacted my journey and how much I wouldn't be where I am without my mom. As much as she says she's proud of me, I'm even more so proud of her because of what she's done and how she's been able to raise me and my sisters. "

Elana Meyers

Proud

Mom

" I'm a squat person: I love squats. I love back squats, things like that. "

" I'm E Money because I'm money when it counts. Not sure exactly where or when it started, but I was called it in softball, too. "

" I love this sport, and I want people to have the opportunities that I have. I want the kid in the inner city to know that she can be a bobsledder one day, and I want the kid in the middle of Africa to know that she can be a bobsledder one day. So the more that we can go out there and grow the sport, the better. "

" I love driving the sled more than anything. "

Elana Meyers

Than

Love

" I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it. "

" I've been on every type of nutrition plan you can think of. "

" 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

" Even though concussions affect women more often than men, there's not a lot of concussion research about women specifically. You can slip and fall and hit your head and have a concussion. And unless you know what to do, and unless you're able to take the right steps, you may not be able to recover. "

" There's times when I'll be out in the middle of the track, standing in the curve, and I'll just laugh. 'What the heck am I doing right now? I'm sliding down the hill at crazy speeds and standing in freezing cold weather.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled. "

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

" People win medals in all shapes and sizes! And I can't help but say that finding a fiance who loves me unconditionally at any size has played a huge role in my body confidence. "

Elana Meyers

People

Win

" My dad was a football player, and I've been the same size since eighth grade, so I get how it can be hard when you don't fit in with the 'normal-size' girls, or your butt and legs are too big for normal-size jeans. "