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

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

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" I don't like cold weather. "

" 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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" I'm freakishly good at squatting. "

" Love can overcome everything. "

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" 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! "

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

" Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete. "

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

" 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. "

" Sport can transcend bias. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've got some genetic gifts. "

" 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'll do whatever I need to do to bring more athletes to the sport. "

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

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

" I trash talk all the time. "

" I'm a squat person: I love squats. I love back squats, things like that. "

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

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