Katie Uhlaender Quotations

Basically, I love the sport. It's the combination of physical explosion, running, focusing, hitting a zone.... The mental state on a sled feels awesome.

We've been through a lot. I'm going to continue as I have throughout the season, doing the best I can and focusing on the one race that counts in February.

He reminds me to not worry and to stick things out. His first at-bat was in Yankee Stadium in front of 60,000 people with Mickey Mantle in center field and he had to step out of the batter's box. But he realized those same champions took the same first steps that he was taking.

He just wanted to let me know that he was potentially not coming on tour with me. He understood that I didn't want to get involved.

Our team has been through the wringer. And people forget that we've got a man who's third in the world, another man who's fourth in the world and me who was fourth in the world. If we all get medals, fantastic. But we don't limit ourselves by any expectations.

This is the coolest thing in the world.

It is unfortunate that Tim will not be with us, and it would be great to have him there. But this season has been full of surprises and crazy situations. It is nothing that our team can't handle.

It's all about how you handle it and I think that's part of being an elite-level athlete. Anyone in life has problems that they deal with in situations. It's all about your mentality. That's how you win this sport. When a bad situation comes up or when you make a mistake, you've got to handle it smoothly.

I know that I could lay down a run that would have put me on the podium, that's the hard part. I know my mistakes were due to being too excited. My lines were good, I just couldn't let my body relax.

I know I could have been on that podium. But I'll take it. My first Olympics, my third season ever in the sport. I'm 21 years old. I've got plenty of time.

In my training runs, I threw down solid yesterday.

It's fine to be sexy, but you can be sexy without licking a hammer!

If you lose yourself, then no one's going to respect or pay attention to anything you have.

There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.

I always challenged men, in foot races or whatever as a kid growing up, because it was a way of pushing myself and challenging myself against the best - but you have to know and accept that men are born with testosterone. You can beat them for so long, but eventually they'll catch up.

The key to skeleton is to find the line, and I think I spend most of training figuring out where that sweet spot is...

It's really hard not to think too much. If I try to control the sled too much so that I have perfect lines, I'm really slow.

Once you get to the plate, you have two options: You either quit, or you try to hit the ball.