It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any pro sport. Especially for beach volleyball you don't have to be tall or as fast as other sports. You just have to have the skills.

The more colorful the food, the better. I try to add color to my diet, which means vegetables and fruits.

My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.

I would like to instill in people just to work hard. As long as they keep at it, their dreams will happen.

We're a team, and just by the nature of our sport, we're always promoted together. I think we are definitely two different people with two different personalities, but we're always linked.

A lot of people had doubts. I tried to tell people I never had doubts.

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

My favorite power food is Greek yogurt and honey.

In the Balkans the peasants say that if you long for faraway countries and leave your own land and home to find them, you are born under A LILAC-BLEEDING STAR.

Whilst a level playing field cannot be guaranteed, one thing that is guaranteed is your fair share of challenges. It’s not a matter of IF they come, but WHEN you will encounter them.

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.

loneliness has its own needs!

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.

I'm over dudes trying to look like they're in boy bands.

But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.

Overall there may be less censorship in America than in China, but censorship and self-censorship are not only from political pressure, but also pressures from other places in a society.