Quotes from Jordan Larson

The crowd also sets you up for success. When you're playing in front of 8,000 the pressure is on, right? People are watching.

I think I'm ready and excited for Rio in 2016.

We had to learn that in London and in Rio that we just weren't enough at that point. Did we believe it in that moment? Absolutely. We had to go one extra step to figure it out.

You can't really win without serving and passing, you got to hit the ball in the court.

Sometimes when you're constantly playing volleyball there is no time to decompress mentally and physically.

I've thought about it a lot: How do I want to leave my legacy? And what do I want to leave behind when I'm done with the sport and with USA Volleyball.

Japan is one of my favorite places to play. Not just because they love volleyball, but the people are so nice and they're so clean and organized.

I played a lot of sports growing up - soccer, softball, basketball, track - and started playing on a club team when I was 12. That's when I fell in love with volleyball.

Just a little bit less volleyball for me I think is a huge benefit for me.

A gold medal is a goal and something that we've never done before as the United States indoor women's volleyball team.

I come from the University of Nebraska where volleyball is very well-known.

I'm not going to play volleyball until the retirement age.

Basketball is not my favorite, but I enjoy playing it and it's helped my volleyball.

In high school, I think I served almost an entire match by myself.

We don't really try to pay attention to the score, we just try to play to win.

In Rio, we took the bronze, but I thought we gave everything we had, and that's what we walked away with.

Brazilian fans are awesome. They create such an awesome atmosphere.

I chose the Pink Fund because my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and I was pretty young in high school. At the time when she got re-diagnosed, my family had to move and they lost a job. Times were tough a little bit financially. The Pink Fund allows money to be raised to help women in need. I'm really excited to be able to represent that.

I have a great circle of support.

It's been an amazing journey so far for me, in the places that I've gone and the people that I've met.

I'm a competitor and I hate to lose.

If all areas of my game are pretty consistent, that's all I hope for.

Physically I feel like I put in great work in the weight room.

I practically knew everyone in my town, and now they're all cheering for me. It's humbling and exciting, too.