In order to be number one, you have to train like you're number two. I guess I've always had that mentality without knowing it.
Track is a sport where your body will get a little worn. But I played sports all year round and we had good coaches and training.
The love of sports is in our genes, it runs in the family. I never grew up wanting to do one particular thing.
Rudy and I would play one-on-one and he would just pick me apart. He would tell me what moves he was going to make and he would still score on me. No one had really pushed me like that before.
After my freshman year when I got the gold in the 200 I was really excited. The 100 was a little too short for me.
Judy Miller was a senior my freshman year and she was our leading scorer. She told me that I was next. Are you going to believe that when you're a freshman? I don't know.
When I came back my sophomore year, I had probably worked harder than any other summer. I think that was because I never had time to hone my skills, I had never had time to concentrate on one sport.
That was because it was the last event of the day and it was an entire lap around the track. Your not jogging that lap either. I could never rest. I was never finished until the bus was warming up.
That surprised a lot of people, that I chose basketball because I was technically more successful at track. Basketball was just something I felt I could improve on.
They had already had their indoor season and been practicing. So I was less prepared. I can't drop out of a conference tournament. Plus, in order to be a successful student, you just don't have time for everything.