"Being on ice is the easy part. Outside of that, there was: strength and conditioning training, ballet, pilates, yoga, physio once a week, massage therapy, sports psychology. An hour warm-up before skating, 30 minute cool down after. Skating really was a full-time job."

"You have to be really good at being comfortable being uncomfortable in tennis."

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"Really it all comes down to believing in yourself and staying as positive as possible. You really have to focus on staying present, staying in the moment..."

"Really, it comes down to doing what you love and that’s exactly what I’m doing. I have an overpowering sense of pursuing my passion and that has always trumped the hardships and the struggles."

"It doesn’t make any sense that if we’re producing top talent that compete with the best of the best in the world, that they can’t compete in the country they grew up in."

"That’s one of my biggest goals is to show younger athletes, and especially young girls, that being a professional athlete is a career option."

"As long as I can control what I can control, that’s enough for me. As long as I’ve done my physical and mental prep, that’s enough for me."