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" I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" Love can overcome everything. "

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

" I played softball at George Washington University, and then I played professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice. I had a couple of tryouts with the U.S. Olympic Team, but I don't know if I have a word to describe how bad one of the tryouts was. It was the worst tryout in the history of tryouts. It was that bad. "

" I love this country. I love being a citizen. I believe we are the greatest country in the world. "

" You could have the best run of your life and lose a race because somebody has a better day. Or you could have the worst run and win. "

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

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

" A guy like Usain Bolt would be sick behind a bobsled. "

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

" I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit, and finally, we ended up in Georgia. "

" We're a sport that was in obscurity for so long, we started to get used to that. "

" Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete. "

" I was always encouraged to participate in whatever sports I wanted to be in. "

" Most people watch a game because they're excited about it; I'll sit there and watch lacrosse championships to try to find a female who could be a bobsledder. "

" Find your passion, set a goal, go to work, evaluate, reassess, and repeat. "

" For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster. "

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

" 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. "

" The first run in a four-man sled was one of the most nerve-wracking I've had in my life. "

" Anything worth having is worth working for. "

" 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. "

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

" All sports have a zone, but ours is at 95 mph. You can feel the speed; you can feel the wind. It's the most euphoric thing I've ever done. "

" 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. "

" I am powered by the defeat in Sochi, as I am by all my defeats. "