I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant.

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself'

One of my mom's best lines is... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last.

I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying.

Don't doubt, don't stop... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting.

You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.

One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort.

I train to be the best in the world on my worst day

Do not be hot tempered.

Trees don't sneak on you."-Brook Where Small Fish Swim

ahhhh...organic and rich like good soil... makes me want to listen and hear it grow. the songs are honest and dimensional. it's music to my ears.

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.

Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest? When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves.

And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.

Watch your thoughts. They turn into words, then turn into actions.

The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.

A lot of films in Canada are subsidized by the government, and compared to a studio, the government really stays out of your face creatively.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.