Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out.

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.