No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

I always want to do better; I always want to find a new challenge.

What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.

We have a lot of respect for the competition in the CCL. We know the X on our back is bolder for the second time through. This is an important goal for us to achieve and we're taking it very seriously.