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

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

I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

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.

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

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