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" Winning, you can overlook so many things. "

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" For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve. "

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" My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association. "

" I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that. "

Change The World

" I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst. "

" I think there's so much emphasis on body image and results and outcome, but really what you should be after is to be healthy and to feel good about yourself. "

" Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing. "

Doing The Right Thing

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" I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes. "

" It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb. "

" Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me. "