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.
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.
You have people to share it with. I'm just a team type of person. It's nice to have individual medals but having something that you can share with someone else who has worked as hard as you have, is something special.
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.
The love of sports is in our genes, it runs in the family. I never grew up wanting to do one particular thing.
I had it in me the whole time. But you just didn't see that side of me until then.
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.
Even now I don't like to work out by myself. It's just about the relationships you build with people.
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.
I come from a family of athletes so It was just natural growing up. Plus I come from a big family so there was always someone to play with.
