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" Bobsledding is an expensive sport. "

" I don't put limits on anybody. "

" I've always been the type willing to try a lot of different things. "

" Sport can transcend bias. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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! "

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

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

" Anything worth having is worth working for. "

" It's a challenge, but every single German or Canadian I want to beat, I still have to love them. That means competing the way God wants me to compete and helping my opponents if they have a need. "

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

" I don't like cold weather. "

" Love can overcome everything. "

" 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. "

" Traditionally, the treatment for a concussion has been to stare at a wall and wait for your brain to heal itself. Don't watch TV, don't read a book, don't look at your phone, and definitely don't train. It's a torturous protocol for an athlete. "

" There is a stigma in our sport that men are the better drivers. People think that, because the men compete in two-man and four-man, they are more versatile and that the women aren't great drivers. "

" 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. "

" 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! "