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" Making the transition from softball to bobsleigh was difficult, but my family and friends believed in me when no one else would. "
Elana Meyers
Friends
Me
Transition
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" 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.' "
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Weather
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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. "
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" When bobsled is going right - and it sometimes goes wrong - it's the closest thing I could imagine to being a superhero. "
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" Having my dad play for the Falcons, what it did was really to expose me to a whole bunch of other elite-level athletes, which I think gives me an advantage and allowed me to understand what goes into sports. It is more than going out onto the field and going out onto the ice and competing. "
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Think
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Me
" Bobsleigh is best for athletes who are fast and strong, which were my strengths in softball. "
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" 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. "
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Mom
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" Anything worth having is worth working for. "
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Having
Worth
Working
" The Lord calls us to love everybody. "
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Everybody
Love
Us
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Watches
Dog
Cool
" I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit, and finally, we ended up in Georgia. "
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Football
Up
Father
" 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. "
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Look
Book
Phone
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Love
God
Me
" I was always encouraged to participate in whatever sports I wanted to be in. "
Elana Meyers
Wanted
Always
Sports
" Regardless of what you look like, regardless of where you come from, you can be involved in winter sports. "
Elana Meyers
Winter
You
Come
" 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
" Love can overcome everything. "
Elana Meyers
Overcome
Love
Everything
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Eat
Enough
Fish
" I trash talk all the time. "
Elana Meyers
Time
Talk
Trash
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Win
Run
Life
" I know how much my mom has impacted my journey and how much I wouldn't be where I am without my mom. As much as she says she's proud of me, I'm even more so proud of her because of what she's done and how she's been able to raise me and my sisters. "
Elana Meyers
Proud
Mom
Me
" I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool. "
Elana Meyers
Ethnicity
Want
Color
" I've got some genetic gifts. "
Elana Meyers
Got
Genetic
Gifts
" The more eyeballs there are on the sport, it will get more diverse. "
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Sport
Diverse
Get
" Being a brakeman is very physical, and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters. "
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Success
You
Fast
" Anytime you hit a curve, or you hit on the side of the wall, you hit against the side of the sled. We're taking four to five, sometimes six or seven Gs on our body every time we go down the track. And then the crashing. "
Elana Meyers
Time
Sometimes
Down
" Most people watch a game because they're excited about it; I'll sit there and watch lacrosse championships to try to find a female who could be a bobsledder. "
Elana Meyers
Game
Sit
Try
" I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled. "
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Volleyball
Come
Field
" 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? "
Elana Meyers
Down
Push
You
" 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. "
Elana Meyers
Risk
Seriously
Know
" I feel like sport can transcend a lot of different things. "
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