There have been many frustrating games. I don't there's going to be another one that isn't frustrating. That happens, but that's sport. Otherwise why would there be so much glory in victory.
It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
It is better to win ten times 1-0 than to win once 10-0.
I want to stay involved in athletics; I want to encourage kids to take part and try to grow the sport.
If I can stay [involved] with the sport, we can find different ways to motivate people and preach to them and explain to them that all they need is dedication to the sport.
I think the sport needs the help to continue to motivate athletes.
There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
I try to focus and compete and do positive things for the sport.
I played football in high school, I played baseball when I was younger, things like that, but I think it was the passion I had for track where you want to do an individual sport and be the best, I think - there's nothing that can replace that.
I was certain I was going to do something in sports.
I've got to be first. ALL the time.
Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible.
Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.
It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play.
I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.
I've been surfing for a couple years, in the offseason in California and in Hawaii. I'm not very good, but it's just something that to be out there in the water, no cell phone, no music... very few sports are as pure as that.
Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.
Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.
I think people in general that don't surf, have a fascination with it. Its definitely much more than a sport or activity, its a way of life. There is a culture that surrounds it and I think people are intrigued by that.
My greatest influences in my sport have been two former number one English lady darts players, Deta Hedman and Mandy Solomons. Deta helped me at international events and both helped me to cope with the big occasion which gave me the confidence I needed to become a champion.
I have always been physically active. I grew up a tomboy and [was] into sports, so staying active is something that I enjoy.
(About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of a holistic approach. We want to become better decathletes and better competitors. I think for us that means just toeing the line at whatever it is we're doing that day and being confident in preparing as best as we can. Later in the year, late in the season when we have all of the thousands of reps under our belt, we can try to maybe focus on one or two things and leave some stuff off one week. Really, we like to keep everything inside the routine and part of the process.
Growing up in the sport, I've been able to separate what happens on the track with what happens away from the track. That track is totally different. I'm not the same person when I put that helmet one.
Being skeptical is part of my job, to question every amazing achievement. That's always there. But I am also capable of turning down the cynicism. The basic idea of sports, the fairness, the competition, remains a beautiful thing.
