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" I've been on every type of nutrition plan you can think of. "
Elana Meyers
Been
Nutrition
Plan
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" I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled. "
Elana Meyers
Volleyball
Come
Field
" Being a minority athlete in this sport, it's been wrought with challenges, but I wouldn't consider myself a trail blazer. "
Elana Meyers
Been
Trail
Athlete
" 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! "
Elana Meyers
Doing
Alone
Dress
" Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right. Just shows you how powerful beliefs are and how you have the ability to change your situation and affect what happens to you. The mind is a powerful thing. "
Elana Meyers
You
Change
Mind
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Legs
Football
You
" 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! "
Elana Meyers
Ride
Responsibility
Good
" The Lord calls us to love everybody. "
Elana Meyers
Everybody
Love
Us
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Love
People
Opportunities
" After giving up softball, I didn't know what I was going to do. I thought I would try bobsled, but I wasn't really sure what would happen. I thought my athletic career was over. "
Elana Meyers
Thought
Know
Giving Up
" Find your passion, set a goal, go to work, evaluate, reassess, and repeat. "
Elana Meyers
Work
Find
Goal
" The more eyeballs there are on the sport, it will get more diverse. "
Elana Meyers
Sport
Diverse
Get
" I'm freakishly good at squatting. "
Elana Meyers
Good
" Anything worth having is worth working for. "
Elana Meyers
Having
Worth
Working
" 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.' "
Elana Meyers
Weather
Laugh
Doing
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Country
Through
Myself
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Feel
Done
You
" Biggest rival is Kaillie Humphries of Canada, and we are actually training partners. She was at my wedding, and I consider her a close friend. "
Elana Meyers
Training
Wedding
Friend
" I've always been the type willing to try a lot of different things. "
Elana Meyers
Willing
Try
Things
" I am powered by the defeat in Sochi, as I am by all my defeats. "
Elana Meyers
Am
Defeat
I Am
" 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 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
Me
Love
Help
" I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool. "
Elana Meyers
Ethnicity
Want
Color
" Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete. "
Elana Meyers
Athlete
Athletes
Big
" I love my teammates. I love my coaches. "
Elana Meyers
Coaches
I Love
Love
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Mom
Family
Sports
" I was a shortstop in softball, and a lot of times I had collisions with base runners coming in, so I definitely have scars. "
Elana Meyers
Base
Runners
Lot
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Because
Where
Sure
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Beautiful
Time
People
" I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it. "
Elana Meyers
Growing Up
You
Sports
" It's hard to describe what it's like to live with a concussion. You want to enjoy things like you used to, but you can't. You wake up in the morning and wonder how you're going to feel that day: What will my reactions be like? Will I have a headache? Will I have to triple check to see if I unplugged the flat iron? "
Elana Meyers
Enjoy
Live
Day