Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

I won the 2011 Visa Championships, the 2012 Pacific Rims, and then the 2013 American Cup (the first and only senior elite competition of my elite career).

My back is permanently messed up.

By 2012, I probably had, like, three stress reactions in my back. Two stress fractures in my fibula.

Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.

You can beat a dead horse as much as you want, but it doesn't come back to life. And sometimes you just have to change things up to keep the excitement and enthusiasm in the sport.