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" Change can be uncomfortable and scary. But I believe change exists to teach us to appreciate and enjoy the right now. "
Gretchen Bleiler
Believe
Change
Now
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" I want to keep snowboarding as long as I'm still having fun and progressing my riding. "
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" The first few years I was competing, I'd ride so well in practice, then choke and fall in competition. Now I take a deep breath and say, 'Look at me. I'm outside. I'm doing what I love.' Still, nothing's matched the pressure I felt standing at the top of the halfpipe for the first time at the Olympics. "
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" As long you are doing what you love and making decisions from the heart, you will be successful. "
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" After the Winter Olympics in 2006, I realized I had a platform to speak about causes that were important to me - and people would listen. "
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Important
Winter
" When you find yourself hitting up against a wall over and over again, it's time to try a different route. "
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Yourself
Try
You
" When I win, I'm happy. When I lose, I'm also happy. I'm grateful for this life I have to live. It's a great life. "
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Win
Live
Grateful
" I have at least one goal that I work toward each day. It's all about taking hold of the day rather than letting the day run you. "
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Goal
You
Day
" I'm so grateful for all the experiences I've had; the life lessons I've learned along the way are just completely invaluable. "
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Life Lessons
Way
Along
" You've made the time to go to the gym, so don't just go through the motions. "
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You
Time
Go
" If you wake up in the morning, and you're feeling tired, I feel like if you get on your yoga mat and even practice for, like, 10 or 15 minutes, it's really great for just grounding you, centering you, and getting the energy moving. "
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Practice
Tired
Moving
" From any traumatic injury, you're going to experience a lack of confidence. There's a whole process you have to go through to break free of that. "
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Process
Confidence
Experience
" What snowboarding has always had and the Olympics has not touched is that spirit, that original spirit of creativity and athletes standing up and having a voice and being innovative. But I guess what the Olympics has done is provided a platform for that spirit, and that's what I see as being a really positive thing. "
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Positive
Voice
Creativity
" Building up expectations, creating unrealistic time frames, feeling like our end goal is the end all, be all can all lead to frustration or anxiety. We end up feeling as though we have to power through what we want rather than enjoy the process and just let the result come as it may. "
Gretchen Bleiler
Time
Frustration
End
" I'm a two-time Olympian, but on the front and back end of both of those were two Olympics where I narrowly missed making the team. "
Gretchen Bleiler
Team
Missed
Two
" I love dried mangoes, walnuts, and goji berries. The mix provides iron, antioxidants, and omega-3s and really kicks up my energy. "
Gretchen Bleiler
Berries
Iron
Up
" If you take minutes a day to take care of your mouth, the odds are you'll take the next steps needed to take care of your whole body, like exercising and eating healthy. It's a building block for other healthy habits. "
Gretchen Bleiler
Body
You
Healthy
" When you feel the burn, that's when you know you're doing an exercise correctly. If you're doing 20 crunches, and you're not struggling, make an adjustment so they're harder to do. Don't cheat yourself. If it isn't burning, you're not getting stronger. "
Gretchen Bleiler
Exercise
Doing
You
" Our job as pros is to walk a very fine line: be the best but stay healthy so you can continue to progress and be at the top. You can't push the sport and yourself if you're always hurt. "
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Yourself
You
Best
" It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well. "
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Care
You
Feel
" It takes a village to earn a spot representing your country, and I know that every single person who helped me get to the Olympics was also touched by the dream. The web of inspiration is incredible. Because of this, I know that the core principles and spirit of what the Olympics stand for are worth protecting. "
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Me
Village
Spirit
" Life is short, and if we enjoy every moment of every day, then we will be happy no matter what happens or what changes along the way. "
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Day
Happy
Be Happy
" When I first started snowboarding, there weren't a lot of girl riders on the hill. "
Gretchen Bleiler
Snowboarding
Started
First
" It sucks. When you're a woman in sports, people want you to show some skin. "
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Skin
You
Woman
" Snowboarding has really shaped the person I've become, and I consider every moment a good one because every one has led me to where I am now. "
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Good
Moment
Me
" When you start to find balance, then you start to ask more important questions, like, 'Who am I really?' That's when you start seeing that every single person around you is a human being just doing the best that they can. "
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Best
Questions
Start
" I run on the beach, surf, and bike. "
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Bike
Run
Surf
" I work out hard; that way, I can eat whatever I want. If you have a hard time regulating your diet, pushing yourself at the gym will help you keep the pounds off. "
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You
Gym
Yourself
" I typically have breakfast, have a snack, have lunch, have a snack, and have dinner. "
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Snack
Breakfast
Lunch
" Core training is so important. "
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Core
Important
Training
" When you're up on the hill, and you know you're as strong as you can be, you're more willing and able and confident to go and do bigger and harder and more technical tricks. "
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Hill
Know
Confident