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" I like to keep my hair and makeup routines easy and simple on race days. "

" They said if I stayed in the orphanage for another month or so, I basically would not have been able to be alive. "

" In 2012, I was invited to a ski event called the Hartford Ski Spectacular to learn how to sit-ski for the first time. I loved it, but it was not pretty - I was not good. I didn't know how to stop, so I kept throwing myself on the ground. "

" Time trialing is one of those things that you've got to train for... Being a new rider, it's still really hard for me to know what's the most efficient gear for me to be in. The road race is probably more exciting, in my opinion, because it's a lot faster pace, and people are constantly attacking. "

" When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle. "

" Cycling's primarily a pushing motion, and skiing is more pulling, so it kind of balances out the body. "

" Growing up in a very poor orphanage in Ukraine, there wasn't much food. "

" It's hard to understand the athlete's lifestyle. You literally eat, sleep, train. You go to training camps in the winter where there is no Internet, you can't make phone calls. "

" I never thought I'd be able to go back to Ukraine. "

" I can go days without eating if I don't think about food. Your mind, to protect itself, learns not to pay attention to that hunger feeling. "

" I could use a little more body, but I'm happy with it. "

" I didn't find out about the Paralympics until I was 18 years old. Once I found out what the Paralympics were, I was so excited to know I had a chance to represent my country and wear Team U.S.A. on my back. "

" Just keep moving forward. "

" It doesn't matter what kind of body you have, it's the determination and the spirit that's going to get you there. I want to prove that. "

" I definitely did not like my body when I first started sports. I didn't like my body just in general as a teenager. Being a girl and a teenager with two prosthetic legs and two hands that were misshapen that had so much reconstructive surgery on them, I thought my world was over - put a zit on top of that, and then my life is completely over. "

" I was supposed to be adopted when I was five, but then my adoption was pushed back by two years. "

" I remember seeing the Olympics when I was 13. I always wanted to know how it felt to stand on top of the podium hearing your country's anthem while watching your flag being raised in something you poured your heart and soul into. "

" I started doing sports when I was 13 and competitively doing sports - where I was actually training - when I was 17. "

" It's extremely important for my sit ski to be perfectly fit to me. If it's too big, and I shift around, the energy and strength I put into propelling myself forward will be lost. The right fit is everything in my sport. "

" In 2013, I had the chance to try cross-country skiing on snow and just fell in love with being in nature and how hard it was to pick up the sport. And the snow is sparkly. "

" Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked. "

" It was honestly like 'Annie.' One day I was alone in a cold, dark Eastern European orphanage, and then the next day I was in an enchanted, mystical land known as Walmart. "

" That's what I'm focused on, having that perfect race. "

" The mind is really powerful. "

" It's weird to not know what a family is. Not know what a mother's love is. And not really know what a hug is or anything. "

" I'm just stupid and too headstrong. "

" I'm a person that, once I start something, I can't just quit it. "

" I think it is very unfortunate that there is a ban on adoptions in Russia. "

" The biggest challenge during competition is keeping my real legs warm with clothing, because I have poor circulation in the tissue around the amputated areas. "