Quotes from Jordan Larson

At the end of the day, that's all I hope for, is that I can sleep well at night knowing that I did everything that I could.

It's so awesome to see a lot of the young talent really grow and compete every single day.

There has been so many good questions, like, When a bad play happens in a match, how do you not mentally go down?' Or, How have you had your career last for so long?' There have been a lot of intriguing questions, which has led to a lot of other good conversations.

Russia is a very big country, so we were traveling a lot more. Turkey isn't as hard on my body, so that was a nice change.

I've been playing professionally now for over 13 years - played in China, Turkey, Russia, and just was a part of the inaugural season in the States.

I had been in Russia for five years and had a pretty successful run, and I just kind of wanted a change. I wanted to see different things. They're pretty equal leagues, but there was less travel involved in Turkey.

Istanbul is an unbelievable city, just really beautiful and the people are really, really nice.

I still feel like that girl making my first junior national team. And here I am 12 years in.

The cool thing about China is that they really put a lot of value on their national team.

I actually did a mini-season in China before and I was able to come back to the national team and kind of knew what I needed to do to get my body right.

I was shocked when four Arlington girls at a track meet this spring asked me for my autograph. I told them, 'Don't think I'm dumb for asking this, but are you serious?'

Nebraska would like me to graduate in December and start college second semester so I can go through spring practice with them. But I want to stay around and be in high school. Your senior year is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, and I don't want to cut that experience short.

What was important to me was that I represented Nebraska.

Being an all-around player, you have to find some kind of balance because there are going to be nights where something isn't on. You've got to make sure the other part is on. That's what I concentrate on.

I'm trying to go out there having the mentality that I'm the best out there and nobody can stop me.

All of the major events are fun. Obviously the Olympic Games is top.

I've been playing consistently overseas for 12 years straight with no real offseason. I also have other endeavors in my life that I want to see. Getting married, having children, those kinds of things. The older I get, the more challenging those become.