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" I really, really wanted to be an Olympian. My parents knew about this dream of mine, and they suggested I try my hand at bobsled. They'd seen it on TV at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 and thought it would be a good sport for me. "

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

" I don't put limits on anybody. "

" I love driving the sled more than anything. "

" Even though concussions affect women more often than men, there's not a lot of concussion research about women specifically. You can slip and fall and hit your head and have a concussion. And unless you know what to do, and unless you're able to take the right steps, you may not be able to recover. "

" I was a shortstop in softball, and a lot of times I had collisions with base runners coming in, so I definitely have scars. "

" I've got some genetic gifts. "

" When bobsled is going right - and it sometimes goes wrong - it's the closest thing I could imagine to being a superhero. "

" 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. "

" I love who I am. But being a woman competing in a male-dominated sport and always trying to push the envelope as a female athlete, you get a lot of comparisons to men and things like that. "

" I trash talk all the time. "

" The biggest thing for me is keeping my hair moisturized. My go-tos are the Pantene Gold Series Hydrating Butter Cream and Intense Hydrating Oil. "

" 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. "

" I don't like cold weather. "

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

" 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. "

" Bobsledding is an expensive sport. "

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

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

" My father was an NFL running back, so I feel like I might be more susceptible, genetically, to CTE. "

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

" 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. "

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

" For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster. "

" 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. "

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

" The Lord calls us to love everybody. "

" I'm freakishly good at squatting. "

" 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. "

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