I'm just competitive. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to win.
The pressure is hard. You get - the world is only watching every four years, and I think lots of people feel like they have to win in that time frame.
There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown women. It was a professional race, but I ended up winning. That was kind of a turning point for me where I felt like, "Okay, I'm pretty good at this and there's a possibility for this to be a career for me." That was a defining moment for me.
I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.
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