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

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.

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.

A friend is someone who will always be there for you, in good and hard times.

Record the album after the tour.

CNN has a thing called You Choose the News. Y'know what CNN? I'm turning you on because I don't know the news. I was hoping you could help me.

It is not the bigness of the words you utter, but the force with which you deliver them.

Out of the bars and into the streets!

And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "Use it well, use it wisely.

Theres no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. Its all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

I'm totally applying assumed Creative Commons rights and ripping this post from Jason verbatim, since it says everything I want to.

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.