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" I'm a representative of something that's greater than myself. I'm not just representing myself or my country: I'm representing Christ and what He's done through me. "

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" 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. "

Elana Meyers

Days

Day

Racing

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

" I don't put limits on anybody. "

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

" I train with track athletes, which is weird for bobsledders. I love training with track athletes because they help me work on my speed, and they give me something to cheer for during the Summer Olympics. "

Elana Meyers

Love

Help

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not big on protein shakes - I think they're pretty gross, actually - so I have to make sure I eat enough meat, fish, and other good protein sources. "

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

Elana Meyers

Defeat

I Am

" Sport can transcend bias. "

" I've got some genetic gifts. "

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

" The Lord calls us to love everybody. "

Elana Meyers

Everybody

Love

" 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. "

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

Elana Meyers

Gold

Lost

" 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

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

Elana Meyers

Mistakes

Myself

" I don't like cold weather. "

" After the situation I had with my concussion in 2015, how long and lasting the effects were, I'm just more careful about it. "

Elana Meyers

About

Situation

" I feel like sport can transcend a lot of different things. "

Elana Meyers

Feel

Transcend

" For most people, they only thing they know about bobsled is 'Cool Runnings.' Well, 'Cool Runnings' was, of course, four men in a bobsled, and four-man is considered the highlight of our sport. It's what everybody knows. It's what everybody watches. And it's the big dog of our sport. "

" Regardless of what you look like, regardless of where you come from, you can be involved in winter sports. "

" 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 love driving the sled more than anything. "

Elana Meyers

Than

Love

" You get this feeling in bobsled, like a combination of excitement, anxiety, and pure nervousness, and you get that combination only very few times. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Being a brakeman is very physical, and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters. "