“A woman goes through a completely unique experience and surgery and finding yourself doesn’t change that. Being a little girl is a whole epic book, you know? You can’t have that just because you want to be a woman.”

“You truly are the personification of my mother’s legacy and I know she would be so proud of you all.”

“When your children live out on their own and pay their own bills and they have a good job … it just don’t cross your mind that they would be doing anything to get themselves into trouble.”

%%excerpt%% "There's something wrong with this test, we gotta do it again. You're past your 30 days and this can't be right."

“I think there’s a distinction between being religious—adhering to the customs created by man, oftentimes appropriating the awe reserved for who I believe is a very real God.”

%%excerpt%% "I mean, let's just have a lot of babies! Let's have a soccer team, what do you think?"

“I never asked anybody to believe what I was saying  What I did was say for any and everybody to simply admit that if what I was saying was true, that I had been wrongly convicted. But the only way you can reach that conclusion is to delve into the depths of my situation. Natlie Figgers did. I owe her my life.” 

%%excerpt%% Today is a very, very special day. This is actually my first Glastonbury, and I’m sharing the stage with Lily which is the biggest dream come true ever. But I’m also equally as heartbroken over what happened in America yesterday."

“We, as females don’t have a forum to discuss the profundity of this loss.”

%%excerpt%% "My final season is not about winning medals but giving back to the sport and future mom-athletes, and leaving it better for the next generation of women raising children to flourish in every aspect of their lives."

“If you’re really truly in love and you want the best for each other and you’ve seen this to be the family and you’ll stick together, you’ll stick it out, you’ll figure it out.”

%%excerpt%% "I'm very grateful that work opportunities have still been there for me," she shared. "And I also am a big believer in God's got your back. And so you make the right decision for your family, and he's got it."

%%excerpt%% "I was thinking to myself, I'm able to teach these children how to read and write, why am I not teaching my own father how to read and write?"

%%excerpt%% I thank all of my family, friends and those who have supported me on this journey thus far and I look forward to your continued support through the next phase of my life."

“I’m just grateful that he’s fine.”

“I appreciate being able to play sports even more now, and I would encourage other young moms to keep working hard for what they want in life.”

“That’s how I know that’s real joy right there that we’re bringing into the world. That’s all we want to do.”

“It’s an act of defiance. The darkness will try to overtake you, but just turn on the light. Focus on the light. Hold onto the light.”

“He was very, very scared.”

“If it was going to be a double-headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes.”