Elana Meyers

“People win medals in all shapes and sizes! And I can't help but say that finding a fiance who loves me unconditionally at any size has played a huge role in my body confidence.”

“We train six days a week, and each day includes some type of running or strength workout. It's all about getting functionally stronger in the positions that matter for racing, which means balancing the strength between my quads and hamstrings.”

“I love this country. I love being a citizen. I believe we are the greatest country in the world.”

“If one little girl who looks like me picks up a winter sport because she sees me, that's all anybody could ever ask for.”

“I played softball at George Washington University, and then I played professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice. I had a couple of tryouts with the U.S. Olympic Team, but I don't know if I have a word to describe how bad one of the tryouts was. It was the worst tryout in the history of tryouts. It was that bad.”

“I feel like sport can transcend a lot of different things.”

“I got a letter from a mom, and she was telling me about how her daughter is a tomboy and the trouble she has in classes and being around boys. She herself had the same kinds of problems growing up and how inspired they were by me. That was such an incredible email to receive.”

“The more eyeballs there are on the sport, it will get more diverse.”

“I'll do whatever I need to do to bring more athletes to the sport.”

“Love can overcome everything.”

“I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it.”

“I went to college, George Washington University, and played softball there. I also played professionally but with the real goal of being an Olympian and making the Olympic team.”

“I was a shortstop in softball, and a lot of times I had collisions with base runners coming in, so I definitely have scars.”

“I've been on every type of nutrition plan you can think of.”

“I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.”

“My mom has never cared if I did sports or not. Obviously, she's proud of me, and she loves the fact that I'm an Olympian and she's got these trinkets to hang around with the medals and whatnot. But if I wanted to do whatever, if I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer or whatever, she was going to support me regardless.”

“Growing up, most girls have this image of how they want their wedding to be and things like that. I had none of that except for the cake I wanted, and that's what I got. The cake was the first thing we ordered.”

“We're a sport that was in obscurity for so long, we started to get used to that.”

“There is a stigma in our sport that men are the better drivers. People think that, because the men compete in two-man and four-man, they are more versatile and that the women aren't great drivers.”

“I trash talk all the time.”