I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'

I'm not a good loser. I get sick physically... I take it to heart. I hate it.

I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.

I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn't coming to me.

I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.