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" I've encountered a lot of biases as a woman. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Being a minority athlete in this sport, it's been wrought with challenges, but I wouldn't consider myself a trail blazer. "

" Making the transition from softball to bobsleigh was difficult, but my family and friends believed in me when no one else would. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think the hardest thing is that all of us would love to just stick to sports - but if you want us to be role models to kids, then you need to stand for more than just sports. "

" 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. "

" Bobsledding is like sprinting with NASCAR. You get to push these 400-pound sleds as fast as you can down a hill and hop in. How could you not enjoy that? "

" I'm not sure I'll ever love softball as much as bobsled. It's like having children: you don't love one more than the other, you just love them differently, and that's how my love for softball is vs. my love of bobsled - two totally different sports with different personalities. "

" Our sport is one of the few on the winter side that is so diverse. It shows we don't have to be limited by race or gender or whatever and how far we have come as a sport. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I love my teammates. I love my coaches. "

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

" 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. "

" My dad was a Marine, my aunt is still in the Navy, and my grandfathers both served. So, it's a huge honor for me to represent my country in any way I can. "

" 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. "

" My favorite thing about South Korea is the people - they are so kind and helpful. "

" People say a two-man sled is like driving a racecar, and a four-man is like driving a truck. And it feels that way. "

" 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? "

" I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian. "

" 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. "

" 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. "